Cooking Fuel

High food inflation forces restaurants to hike prices; ban on service charge will likely lead to further increases in the prices of dishes on the menu

The Covid-19 pandemic has slowed the progress towards universal access to electricity and clean cooking fuel and technology

For now, most states still seek kerosene allocations

Over 40% Indians continue to depend on dung, coal, etc, for cooking fuel; 30% do not have access to proper toilets

The subsidy on LPG was done away with and what remained was some freight subsidy, which comes to Rs 20-30 a cylinder

According to officials in the know, this price is applicable on more than 90 per cent of domestic natural gas production

Natural gas gets converted into CNG on compression and is also supplied for lighting cooking stoves through pipes.

The subsidy on these products may touch Rs 414.78 billion, against the targeted Rs 249.32 billion

Monthly increase in prices to eliminate subsidy could dissuade people from using clean cooking fuel