Event - Clean Cooking in India: How Can We Make LPG Affordable?
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Title
Clean Cooking in India: How Can We Make LPG Affordable?
Organizer
CEEW
Type
Online Seminars
Focus
- Cooking
Language
English
Start
2021/09/06 15:00 IST
End
2021/09/06 16.30 IST
Country
- Worldwide
Venue
Online
URL
Description
The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and MacArthur Foundation are pleased to invite you to a webinar, 'Clean cooking in India: How can we make LPG affordable?’ on 6 September 2021, 1500–1630 hrs IST.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, the Government of India distributed more than 80 million LPG connections among socioeconomically weaker households within a short span of 18 months. Ujjwala 2.0 aims to widen LPG access to an additional 10 million homes. However, despite access to LPG connections, several barriers – like fuel affordability – force many households to stack solid fuels with LPG. The affordability barrier has become more pronounced with the rise in the market price of LPG, suspension of LPG subsidies, and the drop in household incomes due to the pandemic-induced economic crisis.
In this session, we will deliberate on the need and strategies to make LPG affordable for low-income groups in India. The session will also mark the launch of a new CEEW study, 'State of clean cooking energy access in India', based on the India Residential Energy Survey (IRES) 2020.
