‘Availability’ and/or ‘Affordability’:What matters in household energy access in India?

Understanding the association between gradient of cooking fuels and low birth weight in India

“…However, the programs have not been successful in achieving the desired goals. The existing scholarship on the use of CCF suggests that poverty and low levels of education are the leading factors behind the use of UCF and that various supply and demand factors play an important role ( Kar et al, 2019 ; Khandelwal et al, 2017 ; Sankhyayan & Dasgupta, 2019 ). The launch of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, 2016 , however, is a great step in the direction of achieving universal use of CCF and reducing the burden of HAP ( PIB, 2016 ).…”

COVID-19 lockdown induced air pollution reduction over India: A lesson for future air pollution mitigation strategies

“…In addition, the Government of India also launched several schemes to reduce the PM 2.5 emissions from the residential sectors. For example, in 2016, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana was launched under which nearly 80 million Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) connections to Below Poverty Line (BPL) households are targetted (Sankhyayan and Dasgupta 2018).…”

What Influences Rural Poor in India to Refill Their LPG?

“…Starting with the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitarak Yojana (RGGLVY) (Sankhyayan & Dasgupta, 2019), the scheme evolved into the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in May 2016. This intervention aimed at bringing the benefit of efficient and low-emission fuel options to households that could not afford it because of their income status (Dabadge et al, 2018).…”

“…Earlier studies suggest that there is a wide heterogeneity of factors influencing its use (Jain et al, 2018;Kumar et al, 2017;Singh et al, 2017). This includes; price (Sankhyayan & Dasgupta, 2019), women's participation in household decision-making (Gould & Urpelainen, 2018), seasonality (Kar et al, 2019) and household characteristics like house type and household size, and ease of access (Giri & Aadil, 2018).…”