Though sustaining LPG adoption in rural India is a challenge, goal must be a more sustainable energy basket per family. Discuss (200 Words)
Refer - The Hindu
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IAS Parliament 3 years
KEY POINTS
· The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is ‘a flagship scheme of 2016, with an objective to make clean cooking fuel such as LPG available to the rural and deprived households which were otherwise using traditional cooking fuels such as firewood, coal, cow-dung cakes’.
· According to the recently released National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5, there was a higher prevalence of TB in households that were using solid fuels when compared to those using clean cooking fuels in most States.
· Over the five years, the average per capita consumption among Ujjwala customers has hovered around three cylinders per year (of 14.2 kg), rising to 4.2 (2020-21) when the full impact of free refills under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana was seen.
· The novel coronavirus pandemic has resulted in LPG prices having gone up and governmental support focusing on other challenges.
· This development could derail the gains made by Ujjwala customers in terms of LPG adoption. It is time to get creative about how to sustain LPG adoption in these challenging times.
· Improvements in regular and on-demand supplies of LPG, options for refill financing, alternative remunerative uses for cow dung and bio mass possibly on the pattern of procurement of cow dung as is being done in Chhattisgarh.
Hina Katariya 3 years
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IAS Parliament 3 years
Try to mention about PAHAL, Ji-van yojana. KEep Writing.
K. V. A 3 years
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IAS Parliament 3 years
Good attempt. Keep Writing.
