Reducing subsidies on household fuels in India: how will it affect the poor? ☆

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Determinants of Household Energy Consumption in India (2010, methodology): “Gangopadhyay et al. (2005) also noted that the price of a LPG cylinder might also be too high for the poor, though it might result in cost savings for them in the longer term.”
Energy-microfinance intervention for below poverty line households in India (2009, background): “…in the oil sector, since 2002–2003 the central government’s contribution has decreased to 33% of the total kerosene subsidy whereas at the same time the public sector oil and gas units have borne the greater portion of the subsidies in the form of under recoveries (Gangopadhyay et al., 2004).”
For Protection and Promotion: The Design and Implementation of Effective Safety Nets (2008, methodology): “Start date 1963, reformed in 1991 Expenditure 1998: US$10 billion or about 1% of GDP Coverage 1998: 4 million households include at least one benefi ciary; 2000: around 4.6 million benefi ciaries or about 2.6% of the population Sources Barrientos (2004); Barrientos and others (2003); Barrientos and ”
Model projections for household energy use in India (2011, background): “In the model, we simulate this effect by forcing households with access to the PDS to use kerosene first, before using the market share from the multinomial logit (Eq.”