In 2022-23, India’s LPG consumption was 28.5 million tons (MT) and production was 12.8 MT. At over 41.1 percent, LPG imports accounted for the largest share of petroleum product imports in 2022-23. Domestic LPG consumption accounted for over 89 percent of total consumption. The adoption of LPG by low-income households …
Energy is important both for economic development, but it also plays a major role in improving conditions at the household level. The notion of an energy poverty line is well accepted around the world. There is a large body of literature on how to measure income poverty and the reliability …
This paper analyzes the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Mysore, India. The DBT is an initiative of the Indian central government to develop an electronic payment system for centrally funded social protection schemes. Under the DBT-for-LPG subsidies (DBTL), households would order an LPG cylinder from …
The Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme was rolled out in 291 districts from June 1, 2013 in six phases to do away with the practice of selling the fuel at below cost rates. About Rs 5,400 crore was transferred to more than 2.8 crore LPG consumers across the …
This paper explores the link between fossil-fuel subsidies and gender in India. It focuses on the likely gender impacts of reform across cooking, lighting, pumping and transport fuels. Research finds subsidies have provided little benefit to the rural population and to the poor, especially to two thirds of people who …
About 2,800 homes across the country will be using biogas energy source as an alternative to LPG and electricity by 2015. The Bhutan Biogas Project (BBP), which commenced in December 2011, has already connected 1,009 homes of farmers in five southern dzongkhags with biogas plants. The energy is used in …
At least two months are left before a new government takes charge, so there is time for two monthly price rises of 50 paise a litre each The petroleum & natural gas ministry has decided to discontinue the practice of a monthly diesel price increase, indicating putting on hold its …
The chulha trap - Energy access for health security of the poor - a presentation by Anumita Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director General, CSE at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2014: Energy Access and Renewable Energy, February 27-28, 2014, New Delhi.
Why uptake of Improved Cook Stoves and Biogas plants has been slow in rural India? - a presentation by Priyadarshini Karve, Samuchit Enviro Tech at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2014: Energy Access and Renewable Energy, February 27-28, 2014, New Delhi.
Rajkot: One spark is enough to engulf almost half of Saurashtra’s commercial capital in flames. This is no exaggeration. Reason: Barely a few meters away from Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOC) LPG bottling plant on the city’s outskirts, 300 metric tonnes of solid waste is being dumped daily by Rajkot Municipal …
To stop the destruction of forests and increase its green cover to 33% as laid down in the national policy, the state forests department has launched a campaign to rope in villagers to voluntarily enable regeneration of forests. It has distributed subsidised LPG cylinders and grants for biogas plants and …
Soon, the auto rickshaws in Ranchi will run on LPG. Three LPG stations will be set up in the city, at Dhurwa, Kokar and Booty More, for the purpose. DC, Vinay Choubey said, "Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd approached us for giving a 'no objection' certificate …
Statement of the Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi in response to Rajya Sabha unstarred Question No. 2618 for 18th February, 2014, asked by Shri Ajay Sancheti regarding distortions in pricing of petroleum products. The minister stated in Rajya Sabha that "in …
This refers to Sunita Narain's column "The politics of particles" (Down to Earth, February 10). The government should take steps to provide LPG in rural areas at subsidised rates. The rural population should also be made aware of the side effects of burning biomass for cooking through the media because …
Chulhas - cook stoves of poor women who collect sticks, twigs, leaves and every other biomass material they can find to cook meals - are today at the centre of failing international action. The concern is that women are breathing toxic emissions from the stove and that these same emissions …
This is the first edition of the India Energy Subsidy Review, a biannual publication of the IISD’s Global Subsidies Initiative. Part One outlines economic and policy developments affecting India’s subsidized key fuel markets (diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, kerosene and natural gas), and analyses the dynamics of each market. Part Two …
A comparison among firewood, charcoal and LPG shows that each energy source has its own specific advantages, inconveniences and limitations. They should be considered jointly within a comprehensive, inter-sectoral energy strategy that provides an effective framework for governments. Fossil fuels are required in areas where the ecological limits of woodfuel …
Amid Centre's ongoing efforts to increase the share of green energy in India's overall electricity mix, a group of MPs from different political parties requested the government to incentivize states to increase their share of 'Renewable Purchase Obligation' and introduce tax benefit instruments to mobilize low cost funds for the …
In a bid to increase state's forest cover to 33% as prescribed under the National Forest Policy, 'Harit Maharashtra Abhiyan' was launched in entire state on January 26 by the forest department. "The prime focus of the campaign is not only to increase green cover but reduce biotic pressure on …
The Supreme Court Monday said that the government’s decision to double the gas price from the Krishna-Godavari (K-G) basin will be subject to the court orders on the PIL led by CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta, who has challenged the hike claiming it was done only to benefit Reliance Industries Ltd. …
HC asked it to pay Rs 10,000 cr in past royalty dues ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) today said it would appeal in the Supreme Court against a Gujarat High Court order asking it to pay Rs 10,000 crore in past royalty dues, saying it cannot pay the …
