In Maharashtra's Kolhapur district, families are cooking with biogas, a clean fuel derived from local waste like cattle dung and kitchen sc...

Global fuel price hikes are pushing families in Kenya and India back to burning charcoal and wood. This reversal threatens years of progres...

India's LPG consumption plummeted by 13% in March due to West Asia conflict-induced supply disruptions. Despite government efforts to boost...

Domestic migrants in New Delhi are considering leaving the city due to soaring black market prices for cooking gas, exacerbated by Middle E...

An LPG shortage linked to the West Asia conflict is forcing around 40% of restaurants in Kerala to shut, according to industry bodies. The ...

In West Bengal, the ongoing cooking gas cylinder shortages are posing a challenge to school lunchtime meals. To adapt, authorities are turn...

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri emphasized the financial benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, noting that beneficiaries spend o...

"In the past 45 days, the Modi government has hiked the LPG cylinder price by Rs 100. If this trend continues, the day is not far when the ...

Cooking gas consumption between December 2020 and February 2021, the period that saw a massive Rs 175 per cylinder increase in rates across...

“Even at the current rates, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is cheaper than firewood/ other traditional fuels in many states, largely on acco...

"Despite India's aim of switching to clean fuels, the scale of solid fuel use in rural areas signals that widespread uptake and sustained u...

Overall rural fuel inflation was 6.8 per cent in 2015-16, which is more than two-and-a-half times the figure for urban areas - 2.7 per cent.

An Indian-origin scientist in US has created a $1 metal insert for traditional cookstoves or 'chulhas' which may help save thousands of liv...

The Union petroleum ministry has officially declared it as India's first smokeless village, owing to its conversion from conventional fuel ...

National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) has revealed that in rural areas, subsidized kerosene was used in less than 1 per cent kitchens.

"There are many areas that need to be looked at, but basic amenities are of the prime importance," Baksa DC Vinod Seshan said.

With an eye to reduce deforestation, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has come out strongly in favour providing alternative cooking fuels...