Capital cost subsidies through India’s Ujjwala cooking gas programme promote rapid adoption of liquefied petroleum gas but not regular use

Abhishek Kar (), Shonali Pachauri, Rob Bailis and Hisham Zerriffi
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Abhishek Kar: Columbia University
Shonali Pachauri: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Rob Bailis: Stockholm Environment Institute, United States Centre
Hisham Zerriffi: The University of British Columbia

Nature Energy, 2020, vol. 5, issue 2, 125-126

Abstract: Although India’s Ujjwala programme has encouraged adoption of modern cooking gas, households have not shifted away from using highly polluting solid fuels. Additional incentives to encourage regular use of cooking gas are necessary to enable a more rapid and complete transition to clean cooking fuel among poor rural households.

Date: 2020
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