India, Dec. 26 -- The recently published 'Roadmapto Access to Clean Cooking Energy in India', which aims to provide direction to India's transition to energy-efficient cooking systems, is a commendable effort

Today, 1,104 terawatt-hour (tWh) of energy is used for cooking in India. The annual usage varies from household to household. But on an average, the yearly use is quoted as 7-8 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders of 14.2 kilograms; 170 standard cubic meter (scm) of piped natural gas (PNG) or about 1,022 kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity.

According to Niti Aayog's Indian Energy Security Scenario portal, the energy demand for cooking in 2047 will be between 410 tWh to 599 tWh, corresponding to 'heroic effort' and 'least effort' ...