Too many energy have-nots
July 27, 2015
Recently, the Centre made a request of sorts. It asked well-off people to give up the subsidy on LPG gas. A web piece notes that some ministers have renounced the subsidy. The government’s exhortation precipitated angry reactions amongst a section of people on social media. Messages asking MPs to give up the various subsidies they get abound on social media sites. The reactions are a symptom of the passion with which people regard their cooking fuel, LPG. PC Maithani and Deepak Gupta’s book, Achieving Universal Energy Access in India; Challenges and the Way Forward, deals with sources of energy which are part of our daily lives — and which many among the middle and well-off classes take for granted. Cooking