Nayana Sharma
M.Sc Scholar
Department of Family Resource Management
CCS Haryana Agricultural University
Hisar 125004, Haryana
Savita Singal
Professor
Department of Family Resource Management
CCS Haryana Agricultural University
Hisar 125004, Haryana
Abstract
The research was conducted to study factors influencing choice of household fuel energy among rural households of Hisar district of Haryana, with a sample of 100 female respondents, selected randomly from Gangwa village, in Hisar block I, district Hisar. Data were collected with the help of structured and duly pre-tested interview schedule. Findings revealed that the majority of the respondents were from a middle age group (40.00%), were illiterate (36.00%) and had medium family educational status (56.00%). On the whole, the research findings forcefully point out that the use of biomass (non-commercial fuel) as main fuel has not changed over the years and women continue to face severe problems in the procurement and use of biomass fuels. It is also concluded that clean commercial fuel energy has not penetrated at large scale in villages because of lack of effective supply network. Further, it was also concluded that cleaner fuels like LPG are not easily available and are expensive.
Keywords: Household Fuel, Rural Household, Biomass, Non-commercial Fuel and Commercial Fuel.
