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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | About 85% of Ujjwala beneficiaries in four States still use earthen stoves -Priscilla Jebaraj

About 85% of Ujjwala beneficiaries in four States still use earthen stoves -Priscilla Jebaraj

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published Published on Apr 8, 2019   modified Modified on Apr 8, 2019
-The Hindu

Study recommends that the scheme should move beyond benefits for women alone to change household behaviour

NEW DELHI:
The hidden truth of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY), being touted in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) election campaigning as one of the big successes of the incumbent government, is that most rural households with LPG (liquiefied petroleum gas) connections still use chulhas with firewood or dung cakes, to the detriment of rural health.

Financial reasons

A new study from the Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e) shows that 85% of Ujjwala beneficiaries in rural Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan still use solid fuels for cooking, due to financial reasons as well as gender inequalities. The resultant indoor air pollution can lead to infant deaths and harm child development, as well as contribute to heart and lung disease among adults, especially the women, cooking on these chulhas.

The survey, conducted in late 2018, covered a random sample of 1,550 households in 11 districts of the four States, which collectively have two-fifths of the country’s rural population.

The Ujjwala Yojna, launched in 2016, subsidises LPG connections for rural households by providing a free gas cylinder, regulator and pipe. Central government data shows that more than six crore households have received a connection through the scheme. The r.i.c.e study shows that in the four States surveyed, there has indeed been a substantial increase in LPG ownership due to the scheme, with 76% of households now owning an LPG connection.

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However, more than 98% of these households also own a chulha. Surveyors asked if food items — roti, rice, sabzi, dal, chai and milk — had been cooked on the chulha or the gas stove on the previous day. They found that only 27% of households exclusively used the gas stove. Another 37% reported using both the chulha and the gas stove, while 36% made everything on the chulha.

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The Hindu, 7 April, 2019, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/about-85-of-ujjwala-beneficiaries-in-four-states-still-use-earthen-stoves/article26763409.ece?homepage=true


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