Clean cooking's still not plug and playIndia faces a significant challenge in transitioning its vast population from polluting cooking fuels to cleaner alternatives. While initia...
09 Jul, 2025, 10.53 PM IST
Antique stoves in Gaza the only way to cook during warIn a workshop within the conflict-ridden Gaza Strip, Ibrahim Shouman is restoring antique brass stoves, offering a glimmer of hope to displ...
11 Dec, 2023, 05.29 PM IST
Asthma study sparks debate about safety of cooking with gasThe authors of the study said their findings suggested that around 650,000 US children would not have developed asthma if their homes had e...
12 Jan, 2023, 12.10 PM IST
World leaders pledge climate action at summitIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is a global leader in cutting coal use and says renewable energy will be produc...
23 Apr, 2021, 10.32 PM IST
Bottling plants of state-run LPG producers like HPCL and BPCL flouting safety normsSafety systems are being tweaked or bypassed to allow defective cylinders to go into homes because of the intense pressure to meet demand.
17 Feb, 2016, 06.24 AM IST
Kerosene hardly used for cooking, remains key lighting source: NSSO SurveyNational Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) has revealed that in rural areas, subsidized kerosene was used in less than 1 per cent kitchens.
03 Aug, 2015, 01.31 PM IST
Delhi becomes first kerosene-free city in IndiaThe Delhi Government announced that the national capital has become the first 'kerosene-free city' in the country.
17 Jun, 2014, 01.46 PM IST
- Haroon Yusuf orders quick supply of LPG to BPL families
With an eye on assembly polls, the city government today issued direction for speedy implementation of its ambitious kerosene-free Delhi sc...
20 Jun, 2013, 10.07 PM IST
UP-based Nav Durga Metal Industries provides an eco-friendly alternative to conventional household fuelsAbout 67% of Indian households, adding up to about 166 million households, continue to use solid fuels as their primary source of cooking f...
10 May, 2013, 06.15 AM IST
Free LPG cylinders, gas stoves given to poor familiesAll BPL, AAY and JRC beneficiaries are being covered under the scheme which was aimed at making Delhi the first kerosene-free city in the c...
29 Apr, 2013, 09.40 PM IST
BPL cardholders in Delhi to get 12 subsidised cylindersDelhi Government today decided to increase the number of subsidised LPG cylinder for for BPL cardholders from nine to 12.
21 Jan, 2013, 04.19 PM IST
- Oil cos to pay Rs 800 for every free LPG connection in Delhi
Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily today approved raising financial contribution of oil PSUs to the free LPG connection being provided by th...
16 Nov, 2012, 08.28 PM IST
Delhi government approves 3 additional subsidized LPG cylinders for poor familiesDelhi government today approved a proposal to provide three additional subsidised LPG cylinders annually to around 3.56 lakh poor families ...
07 Nov, 2012, 09.10 PM IST
MNS activists serve 'chullha' tea to protest Diesel price hikeWomen activists of MNS today served black tea made on 'chullha' fire to protest price hike in diesel effected by the govt.
14 Sep, 2012, 01.55 PM IST
- Delhi preparing to be country's 1st kerosene-free city
Delhi is all set to become the first kerosene-free city in the country with the city government today finalising a programme.
20 Jun, 2012, 09.04 PM IST
- LPG subsidies for BPL families soon: Sheila
While Dikshit didn’t reveal the timeline for the launch of the scheme, the announcement comes in the run-up year to the civic polls schedul...
07 Mar, 2011, 06.09 AM IST
- Delhi Budget: Diesel, LPG, CNG to cost more in the capital
Delhiites will have to shell out more from their pockets for virtually everything from cooking gas to diesel with Delhi government withdraw...
22 Mar, 2010, 07.15 PM IST