Govt announces new initiatives to take clean cooking technologies to rural areas
Updated: Nov 27, 2013 11:52:05am
New Delhi, Nov 27 (KNN) The Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah has announced new initiatives to take clean cooking technologies such as biomass cookstoves to rural India.
“Increased use of clean and efficient cookstoves is crucial to reduce the burden of disease from indoor air pollution as well to avoid the overuse of biomass resources. Efficient cooking technologies have a direct tangible impact on the livelihoods of the poor, as they save time and money that previously had to be spent on procuring cooking fuels,” he said, speaking at the India Clean Cookstove Forum 2013.
The event was organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and GIZ to promote the use of improved cookstove technologies envisaged under the National Biomass Cookstove Programme (NBCP).
The Minister launched a new initiative on biomass cookstoves developed under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the United Nations Frameworks Convention on Climate Change to reduce the cost of improved stove technologies to rural customers through the sale of carbon credits.
This, he said, is just one of several joint efforts to provide clean and reliable energy to rural areas. The initiative has further endorsed the close relations and cooperation between India and Germany.
Speaking on the occasion, Head of the Development Cooperation, German Embassy, Heiko Warnken, highlighted the importance of cooperation between India and Germany on renewable energy attributing it to the relevance for both poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability, as well as the energy needs of the vast rural population for cooking and income-generating activities. (KNN/ES)
“Increased use of clean and efficient cookstoves is crucial to reduce the burden of disease from indoor air pollution as well to avoid the overuse of biomass resources. Efficient cooking technologies have a direct tangible impact on the livelihoods of the poor, as they save time and money that previously had to be spent on procuring cooking fuels,” he said, speaking at the India Clean Cookstove Forum 2013.
The event was organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and GIZ to promote the use of improved cookstove technologies envisaged under the National Biomass Cookstove Programme (NBCP).
The Minister launched a new initiative on biomass cookstoves developed under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the United Nations Frameworks Convention on Climate Change to reduce the cost of improved stove technologies to rural customers through the sale of carbon credits.
This, he said, is just one of several joint efforts to provide clean and reliable energy to rural areas. The initiative has further endorsed the close relations and cooperation between India and Germany.
Speaking on the occasion, Head of the Development Cooperation, German Embassy, Heiko Warnken, highlighted the importance of cooperation between India and Germany on renewable energy attributing it to the relevance for both poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability, as well as the energy needs of the vast rural population for cooking and income-generating activities. (KNN/ES)
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