Hurdles in Fuel Choice in Rural India

Dr. Soumyananda Dinda is working as a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Burdwan, India. Previously, he taught at several institutes and Universities like University of Bath, UK; Madras School of Economics in Chennai, Chandragupt Institute of Management at Patna, S.K.B. University at Purulia and S.R.F. College, Beldanga, Murshidabad. He also taught as guest faculty at Presidency College and University of Calcutta. He also worked as Economic Affair Officer in the UN ESCAP, Bangkok. He has visited many foreign institutes and universities like International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste; Peace Institute, Norway; Nottingham University, Reading University, Oxford University, Barmingham University, Norway State University, and Pritoria University, etc. He started his academic journey as a Research Fellow at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He is working on green economics, climate change and technology and different social aspects. He has published several papers in international journals and also published four books.Mrs. Sanchita Daripa was an M.Phil scholar at the Department of Economics, University of Burdwan, India. She is teaching in school and working on fuel choice at household level. She has worked at NSSO for short time as learnt about NSSO and its data collection. She is an expert in Stata software. She has participated several conferences, seminars, and workshops. She published one paper in Journal and two book chapters.

• Part 1: Introduction of Conceptual Concepts and Ideas.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Review of Literature.-Chapter 3: Data and Methodology.- Part 2: Distributional Pattern.- Chapter 4: Distributional Pattern of Fuel Consumption in India.- Chapter 5: Distributional Pattern of Firewood and Chips Consumption in Rural India.- Part 3: Determinants.- Chapter 6: Fuel Consumption in Rural India.- Chapter 7: Determinants of Firewood and Chips Consumption in Rural India: Double Hurdles Model Approach.- Chapter 8: Firewood and Chips Consumption in Bottom and Top Quartile Groups.- Part 4: Analysis.- Chapter 9: Firewood and Chips Consumption in Largest Populated State in India: Uttar Pradesh.- Chapter 10: Choice of Cooking Fuel Across Castes in Rural India.- Chapter 11: Hurdles of Female Headed Households for Cooking Fuel Choice and Consumption in Rural India.- Chapter 12: Conclusion.