Policy Focus on the Women‟s Empowerment: Uplifting their social & Economic Status by Eradicating Household Energy Crisis in Rural Areas
| International Journal of Economics and Management Studies |
| © 2019 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal |
| Volume 6 Issue 7 |
| Year of Publication : 2019 |
| Authors : Arfia Aman |
10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V6I7P101
How to Cite?
Arfia Aman, "Policy Focus on the Women‟s Empowerment: Uplifting their social & Economic Status by Eradicating Household Energy Crisis in Rural Areas," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 1-5, 2019. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V6I7P101
Abstract:
Energy access plays a very significant role not only in uplifting rural development but also helps in providing employment and education to rural poor. In the rural areas households are majorly dependent on local biomass and kerosene, the energy what they are using, is very limited to cooking purpose and lighting. In households, consumption of biomass and kerosene for cooking and lighting has been a cause of indoor pollution due to harmful emission. Thus insufficient supply of energy in the rural areas causes much hardship, health problems, social and economic backwardness of rural women. Therefore the access to adequate, clean and convenient energy in rural areas is very crucial for the social and economic development of rural women and for the healthy environment of rural households.
Keywords:
Energy, Rural household, Women, Economic Development
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