Energy

33,000 Bengaluru households don't have power supply

BENGALURU: The country's first city to get electricity also suffers the ignominy of having nearly 33,000 households without power supply.

Publication Date: 
05/10/2015
Manu Aiyappa
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Bangalore (D), Electricity, Kerosene, Oil Pollution, Energy
Energy

Rise in rural household electrification: NSSO

A report published by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) on Thursday revealed a sharp 24 percentage points drop in the number of rural households using kerosene for lighting, and an equal inc

Publication Date: 
31/07/2015
Subhayan Chakraborty
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rural Electrification, National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), Kerosene, Public Distribution System (PDS), Kerala, Punjab, Haryana, Energy
Energy

Energy sources of Indian households for cooking and lighting, 2011-12

Two of every three families in villages used firewood for cooking during July, 2011 to June, 2012 period whereas in cities, only 14 per cent families were dependent on it, says a government report.

Publication Date: 
30/07/2015
National Sample Survey Office
Tags:
Household Energy, Rural Energy, Firewood, LPG, Kerosene, India, Electricity, National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)
Food Policy

National food security act to take effect in state

The state food and supplies department will take strong action against ration dealers in case they violate the National Food Security Act, Jyotipriya Mallick, the state minister for food and suppli

Publication Date: 
03/07/2015
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Food Security, Rice, Wheat, Kerosene, Public Distribution System (PDS), Food Policy
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by motor boats using adulterated fuel and thus polluting the Sunderban atmosphere, 01/07/2015

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Bench on 1 July 2015 directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to file a report on why mechanized boats, motor boats and launches using adulterated fuel and plying in the Sunderbans should not be asked to undergo pollution tests. Read full text of this NGT order.

Judgement Date: 
01/07/2015
Tags:
Sundarbans, 24 Parganas (N), 24 Parganas (S), Water Pollution, Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene, Noise Pollution, Air Pollution, Coastal Regulations, Vehicular Pollution, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), West Bengal
Food Policy

Public Distribution System and Other Sources of Household Consumption, 2011-12

New official data show that the proportion of Indian households using the Public Distribution System has nearly doubled over seven years. These households are relying more on the PDS and less on open market sources than before.

Publication Date: 
26/06/2015
National Sample Survey Office
Tags:
Public Distribution System (PDS), Consumption Patterns, India, Rice, Wheat, Kerosene, National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)
Energy

Identifying behavioural drivers of cookstove use: a household study in Kibera, Nairobi

This paper presents findings from the first phase of an ongoing case study to identify some key influences on behaviour related to energy use and the uptake of alternative clean cookstoves in households in Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Nairobi.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2015
Fiona Lambe, Jacqueline Senyagwa
Stockholm Environment Institute
Tags:
Chulhas (Cookstoves), Household Energy, Charcoal, Kerosene, Alternative Fuels, Kenya, Urban Energy, Biomass, Indoor Air Pollution
Energy

Australian solar company lights India's slums with portable lamps

CANBERRA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- An Australian company lighting India's slums with solar energy is providing a solution to the problem of deadly air pollution in India's poorest areas.

Publication Date: 
26/05/2015
Shanghai Daily (China)
Tags:
Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, India, Slums, Air Pollution, Kerosene, Indoor Air Pollution
Energy

Question raised in Lok Sabha on gas pricing, 27/04/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on gas pricing, 27/04/2015 - - Question by Shri Anoop Mishra and answered by Minister of State (I/C) in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2015
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Energy, Kerosene, LPG, Fuel Pricing, Parliament, Natural Gas, Energy Policy, Petrol, India
Climate Change

Class and climate change in post-reform India

Debates on emissions and climate change are dominated by inter-country inequalities, usually ignoring within-country inequalities. In this paper, we address the question of carbon space sharing in India across different classes after economic reforms were introduced in 1991. We establish using household consumption surveys that the elites in India are major polluters both in an absolute sense as well as in per capita terms. We find that inter-class component of emissions now explains 28.5% of total inequality compared to a mere 2.5% in 1994 at the onset of market-oriented reforms.

Publication Date: 
23/04/2015
Kavya Michael, Vamsi Vakulabharanam
Climate and Development
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Tags:
Climate Change, India, Rural Habitat, Poverty, Census, Consumption Patterns, Urban Habitat, Household Energy, Energy, Transport, Electricity, Firewood, Animal Dung, Kerosene, Coal, LPG, Statistics, Carbon Dioxide, Household Appliances, Green House Gases

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