Tag: Clean Energy Policy India
-
North East Gas Grid Project: Can we Promote Natural Gas as a Sustainable Fuel?
On January 8th, 2020, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved funding of INR 5,559 Crore for the North-East Gas Grid project. The proposed length of the gas grid pipeline is 1,656 km. The Project will connect Guwahati in Assam to major cities in the North-East Region– Itanagar, Dimapur, Kohima, Gangtok, and Numaligarh to name…
-
Energy Access in India: Is the Disadvantaged Strata Excluded?
Around 940 billion people in the world do not have access to electricity and more than 3 billion people suffer because of lack of access to clean cooking fuels. Since independence, India has made substantial progress, however, it has a huge population, deprived of access to energy, chiefly amongst the vulnerable sections of its population.…
-
Access to Clean Cooking Fuel in India: Aspiring for Gas Pipeline while struggling for LPG
By Anushka Gutte & Mrigakshi Tandon, Research Associates, Policy In May 2016, the government launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana that aimed at providing 5 crore Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) connections in the name of women of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) household. Research suggests that only 18 percent of rural households in India have…
-
Ethanol Production in India: Green Fuel Policy for a Cleaner Future
By Prachi Mishra, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore & Riya Mathur, SRCC, Delhi. The growing global consciousness in regard to the impending doom of climate change, has finally managed to startle governments and policy makers to endorse sustainable legislation. In most developing countries, fuel for industry, commute and domestic usage alike makes up the largest…