Analytical study on cooking fuel stacking in rural India and demystifying LPG mission

Student name: Mr Anand R M
Guide: Dr Priyanka Kaushal
Year of completion: 2017
Host Organisation: Clean Energy Access Network
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Mr Nitin Akhade

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Abstract: The core objective of the study is to understand the landscape of cooking in rural India. Through this study, the ongoing LPG mission is analysed, and it has put to the test for the hypothesis that LPG connection does not reflect the adoption by consumers. Energy analysis and survey has done to understand the ground reality. The mode of understanding the fuel stacking was through the survey. The questions tried to address through the study are related to LPG consumption. Are those rural customers who are officially connected by the PSUs for clean cooking solution fully depending on LPG? Then how far other traditional cooking practices coexist with the LPG cooking has tested. To what extend other cookstoves present in the household influence LPG consumption?

All the above research questions have been tried to understand and address through the study. Then other factors that influence cooking practices are also tried to understand. All the parameters from socio-cultural and economical to geographical differences that determine the cooking practices and willingness to migrate to clean cooking solutions.

The study ultimately trying to understand the relevance of biomass in the kitchen fuel stack and its potential to enable a clean energy transition through social inclusiveness and holistic approach.