Less than 45% of households in five states use clean fuel for cooking: Government survey

Less than 45 percent of households use clean fuel for cooking in five states, including Bihar and West Bengal, the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) has revealed.

The five states where less than 45 percent households use clean fuel for cooking are Assam (42.1 percent), Bihar (37.8 percent), Meghalaya (33.7 percent), Nagaland (43 percent) and West Bengal (40.2 percent), according to the data.

The NFHS-5 (2019-20) was conducted in 6.1 lakh sample households to collect information on population, health, family planning and nutrition-related indicators from the 22 states and union territories.

According to the data, over 80 per cent of households use clean fuels in Andhra Pradesh (83.6 percent), Goa (96.5 percent), Mizoram (83.8 percent) and Telangana (91.8 percent). Electricity, LPG or natural gas and biogas are considered as clean fuel in the survey.