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    Estimates of Progress Toward Achieving Sustainable Development Goal-7 by 2030: Insights From Household Cooking Fuel in BRICS Nations
    (Energy RESEARCH LETTERS, 2025) Undakotti, Mohan
    The reliance on polluting fuels has sparked global concerns over the environmental and health consequences of pollution. This paper delves into the progress of BRICS nations toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 by 2030, with a specific focus on clean cooking. The analysis reveals a significant decrease in the use of polluting fuels in Brazil, India, China, and South Africa. Moreover, it highlights the encouraging emergence of electricity as a popular fuel in rural areas of China and South Africa, indicating a positive and promising shift towards cleaner energy sources.
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    Willingness to use liquified petroleum gas as the main fuel in selected talukas of Goa
    (Artha Vijnana, 2026) Undakotti, Mohan
    The over-dependence on firewood by rural households is a major deterrent to the adoption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). Although LPG as a clean cooking fuel is widely acknowledged in the energy-transition literature, only a few studies have acknowledged the impacts of LPG on the rural household fuel choice decision. This study attempted to determine the factors influencing rural households’ willingness to use LPG as the main fuel and its relationship with LPG usage in the selected talukas of Goa. The analysis revealed that LPG was primarily used for cooking meals, preparing tea, and making quick snacks. Firewood was the most preferred fuel choice for heating water for bathing and continues to dominate the cooking-fuel landscape in rural areas. A major concern for not using LPG was its high refilling cost, while the main drivers of LPG usage were ease of refilling, convenience of cooking, and low risks. Based on the findings, the study suggests immediate measures such as relaunching the LPG subsidy scheme that was stopped in May 2020, universal coverage of the subsidy scheme irrespective of caste and income criteria, greater awareness on the efficient use of LPG stoves, expanding LPG distribution networks in rural areas, and imposing restrictions on firewood collection, including a ban on the collection of dead and fallen branches from the trees, all of which would help increase the proportion of the rural population dependent on LPG. Households would be willing to switch over to LPG completely if the issue of affordability is addressed by the government. Additionally, education and awareness campaigns on the health risks associated with firewood cooking, particularly indoor air pollution, should be encouraged, especially in rural areas.