Ques: Think over the following statements:
(1) About 95% of rural households do not use LPG for cooking.
(2) Only 14% rural household’s use clean energy as the primary fuel for cooking.
(3) Almost 78% of rural population is use traditional biomass for cooking.
Select the correct answer from the following options:
(a) 1,2 & 3
(b) 1 & 3
(c) 2 & 3
(d) 1 & 2
Ans: a
Related facts:
- September 29, 2015 Shri Piyush Goyal Union Minister of State for Coal, Power and New and Renewable Energy, launched ‘Access to Clean Cooking Energy and Electricity- Survey of States Report’.
- It is important to know that this survey is independent study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), in collaboration with Columbia University.
- This is India’s largest energy access survey, covering more than 8500 households, 714 villages and 51 districts across Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
- Almost 78% of rural population is use traditional biomass for cooking.
- Only 14% rural household’s use clean energy as the primary fuel for cooking.
- About 95% of rural households do not use LPG for cooking.
- It is notable that 44% of the population in these 6 states is dependent on biomass available for free.
Reference:
http://ceew.in/newsDetails.php?id=340