Benefits of PMUY extended to all left out poor families
Pradhan Mantri UjjwalaYojana (PMUY) is currently under implementation across the country. As on 26 December 2018, more than 5.89 crore connections have been released under PMUY. Earlier, the beneficiaries under PMUY were identified either from SECC list or from seven other identified categories. Now, the Government has decided to extend the benefit to all left out poor families underPMUY, subject to fulfilment of terms & conditions.OMCs have reported very minuscule number of cases of established irregularities in providing gas connections to BPL households under PMUY since launch of the Scheme. OMCs have taken punitive action as per the extant Marketing Discipline Guidelines (MDG) and the Distributorship Agreement against LPG distributors in all the established cases of irregularities.
Implementation of PMUY is monitored closely in terms of number of beneficiaries identified and the actual number of connections released vis-a-vis LPG coverage in States/Districts. The difficulties faced by OMCs mainly relate to identification of households, difficult terrain, low awareness on usefulness of LPG etc. The Government has taken up the matter with concerned State Governments. Further, OMCs have launched awareness programme through print and electronic media highlighting the benefit of usage of LPG.
As on 01 December 2018, there are 22,328 LPG distributors in the country. Further, with a view to strengthen the LPG distribution infrastructure, OMCs had advertised more than 6400 locations across the country, which are mostly in rural areas.
State/UT-wise details of LPG connections released under PMUY as on 26 December 2018.
S.No - State/UT - Connections released
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2. Andhra Pradesh - 1,90,827
3. Arunachal Pradesh - 36,721
4. Assam - 23,72,492
5. Bihar - 70,12,974
6. Chandigarh - 46
7. Chhattisgarh - 26,56,264
8. Dadra and Nagar Haveli - 13,065
9. Daman and Diu - 411
10. Delhi - 63,488
11. Goa - 1,053
12. Gujarat - 19,01,141
13. Haryana - 6,11,954
14. Himachal Pradesh - 89,460
15. Jammu and Kashmir - 8,27,348
16. Jharkhand - 25,75,224
17. Karnataka - 18,28,061
18. Kerala - 1,55,021
19. Lakshadweep - 286
20. Madhya Pradesh - 52,60,923
21. Maharashtra - 34,62,409
22. Manipur - 1,03,021
23. Meghalaya - 1,33,366
24. Mizoram - 25,071
25. Nagaland - 46,243
26. Odisha - 35,39,313
27. Puducherry - 12,831
28. Punjab - 11,40,510
29. Rajasthan - 43,45,613
30. Sikkim - 5,270
31. Tamil Nadu - 27,88,988
32. Telangana - 5,16,669
33. Tripura - 1,90,610
34. Uttar Pradesh - 99,06,117
35. Uttarakhand - 2,68,480
36. West Bengal - 68,21,015
Total - 589,09,526
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