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.