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 Providing Clean Cooking Fuel in India: Challenges and solutions
This research report discusses access to energy in the context of the Ghaziabad district, which is a predominantly urban district adjacent to New Delhi. The Kerosene Free Delhi (KFD) scheme launched by the Delhi government largely focused on facilitating households to gradually eliminate the use of kerosene by providing liquid petroleum gas (LPG) as a clean fuel alternative. In this study, we conducted a series of surveys and studies in Ghaziabad district, which is essentially a city with associated infrastructure and higher income levels. The report illuminates some unique findings that assist in creating linkages among energy, gender and socioeconomics.
The recommendations largely focus on laying a path to eliminate unequal distribution of cooking fuels among the economically challenged and to further strengthen the availability and distribution to all, including those in the remote areas. We hope that the Government of India, oil companies, the state government and other related authorities will find the results and recommendations helpful in enhancing the access to clean energy for cooking, especially to poor households. The government can use this study to design a nationwide LPG distribution plan.
Sponsored by International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
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Evaluation of the Scheme for Kerosene Free Delhi (KFD)"
The “Kerosene Free Delhi” scheme was launched in collaboration with three Oil marketing companies (BPCL, HPCL and IOCL) and Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Under the scheme, free gas connections along with LPG filled cylinders, two burner gas stove, regulator and Suraksha (safety) pipe were issued to the Jhuggi Ration Card (JRC), Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antodaya Ann Yojana (AAY) ration card holders who were using kerosene oil for cooking. The scheme was intended to provide 356 thousand poor households with the initial capital support system in terms of free LPG connection and upfront costs, to switch to LPG as a cooking fuel. The households were required to pay for subsequent purchases of LPG cylinders.
This study undertaken by IRADe aims to evaluate the “Kerosene Free Delhi” scheme launched by the Government of Delhi. The broad objectives are the following:
1. To document the “Kerosene Free Delhi” scheme launched in NCT of Delhi in 2012.
2. To evaluate the accessibility and effectiveness of the scheme in terms of its welfare impact on intended beneficiaries as well as the issues faced during and after the implementation of the scheme.
3. To assess the scope for replication of this scheme by other State Governments.
Sponsored by Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) an initiative of IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)), Geneva, Switzerland
Report: http://irade.org/KFD Report_final.pdf
The
Energy, Poverty and Gender Nexus in Himachal Pradesh,
India: The Impact of Clean Fuel Access Policy on Women's
Empowerment
This study focused on poverty, gender and environment
and health issues in Himachal Pradesh and involved a
gender specific survey to address this issue. The study
found women walk approximately 30 Kms in a month to
collect fuel-wood. Primary survey estimated accessibility
and use of clean fuel by households for 30 villages
in two districts and a survey on the kerosene depots
was also conducted to get the seller's perspective of
supply situation under Public Distribution System(PDS).
It was found that the people in HP are willing to pay
for Kerosene, the next fuel on the energy ladder above
biofuels, but due to increased availability of LPG,
the demand for kerosene has been on the decline. The
profit margins in selling kerosene under PDS are fairly
low as a result most sellers have other businesses,
commonly ration shops and view this as a supplementary
business.
Sponsored by DFID/KAR through ENERGIA
of ETC Foundation
Gender Audit of National
Energy Policies in India
This is a collaborative exercise
to draw attention to the lack of gender concerns in
National Energy Policies in India. The study was done
by IRADe
in collaboration with ENERGIA.
The
Gender audit exercise was carried out to define an
approach in making national energy policies more gender
responsive in terms of its content and process. The
key recommendations consisted of (a) Reorienting Monitoring
and Evaluation Mechanisms to Reflect Gender concerns
in Energy programmes, (b) Linking women's empowerment
with energy development, (c) Inter-Ministerial Coordination
in addressing Energy Security and (d) Operationalizing
the Goal of "Making Cooking Fuels Available within
1 Km. of Habitations".
"Mainstreaming Gender in Energy
Policy" 2006 -Background paper and presentation
prepared for Expert Committee to formulate Energy
Policy, Planning Commission, (GoI)
The Project highlighted the gender
based outcomes that included capacity building and
special training to women in various institutions/Universities
for making a cadre of energy professionals. Policy
needs to go beyond cooking energy, and emphasis should
be in providing energy for other needs for livelihood
and security. Research should be pursued for development
of various bio-fuels, species, cultivation practices,
and appliances (stoves). Health issues included to
identify and correct respiratory diseases from indoor
air pollution, to reduce the daily drudgery of women
so that they can spend more time on generating income.
A more participatory approach to energy policy decisions
will allow both men and women to be engaged in defining
energy proble ms and in implementing appropriate solutions.
Gender & Climate
Change
Several initiatives were funded by
UNDP
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One of the first side events on Gender and Climate
change was organized at COP 8; 2002, New Delhi.
For this purpose, an issue paper was prepared, which
is referred often.
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Later in 2008, an issue paper was written on Mainstreaming
Gender in Climate Change: Policies, Programs paper
was prepared which is circulated widely.
3 day Training Program was facilitated
by IRADe for Asia-Pacific office of UNDP on mainstreaming
gender in Climate Change at Sri Lanka.
PROJECT RELATED
WORKSHOPS
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National Stakeholder Consultation on Gender
Issues, MDGs and Poverty Alleviation for CSD
14th, 16th March 2006
Introduction: A half- day consultation
was organized by IRADe in collaboration with
the All India Women's Conference funded by
ENERGIA - the International Network on Gender
and Sustainable Energy. Key issues were energy,
millennium development Goals, poverty alleviation,
and implementation of official National Energy
policies. The participants supported recommendations
drafted by IRADe in the National Paper and
gave additional suggestions that poverty alleviation
is about increasing people's productivity,
for which all issues of health, education,
electricity and fuel need to be addressed.
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The Third ENERGIA National Focal Points(NFP)
Meeting, 1-3 November 2006 at New Delhi
ENERGIA Asia Network in collaboration with
IRADe organized the third ENERGIA National
Focal Points Meeting. IRADe is active in advocating
more attention to the non-commercial energy
sector (fuel-wood) managed by women, which
is the second largest energy source after
coal. IRADe advocated bringing energy within
one Km of rural habitants, and organized and
participated in events related to United Nations
Commission in Sustainable Development CSD
(14 and 15). The group engaged in discussing
and developing a set of monitoring criteria
and National plans for each NFP.
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Reducing Drudgery of Women Carrying Biofuels,
2007-08: E-Discussion and Field surveys
IRADe is the National
Focal Point (NFP) of ENERGIA-International
network for Gender and Sustainable Energy.
As a part of network activities, IRADe ran
an e-debate with professionals from gender,
energy and poverty on a common platform on
certain identified issues to share best practices
and develop ideas for gender-energy-poverty
related research activities. The second level
of the exercise was field survey of the suggestions
received from focused group exercise, done
in one village each in North India (Rajasthan)
and South India (Karnataka) respectively by
partners Social Policy Research Institute,
Jaipur in North India and TIDE, Bangalore
in Karnataka. The results of the survey brought
to forefront the difference in opinions and
willingness to adopt new ideas in two different
geographical locations of India.
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