The drivers of sustained use of liquified petroleum gas in India

Sunil Mani (), Abhishek Jain, Saurabh Tripathi () and Carlos F. Gould
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Sunil Mani: Environment and Water
Abhishek Jain: Environment and Water
Saurabh Tripathi: Environment and Water
Carlos F. Gould: Columbia Mailman School of Public Health

Nature Energy, 2020, vol. 5, issue 6, 450-457

Abstract: Abstract Ninety-five per cent of Indian households now have access to liquified petroleum gas (LPG), with 80 million acquiring it under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) since 2016. Still, having a connection is not enough to eliminate household air pollution. Studying panel data from rural households in six major states from 2014–2015 and 2018, we assess the determinants of cooking energy transition from solid fuels to LPG. We find that PMUY beneficiaries have much lower odds of using LPG as the primary or exclusive fuel compared with general customers, irrespective of their economic status. Village-level penetration of LPG as a primary fuel and the years of LPG use positively influence its sustained use, while ease of access to freely available biomass and reliance on uncertain and irregular income sources hinder LPG use. The findings highlight the need to interlace cooking fuel policies with rural development, to enable a complete transition towards cleaner cooking fuels.

Date: 2020
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