Rich Delhi and Tamil Nadu homes make biggest shift towards electric cooking

CEEW study found that penetration of e-cooking was 10.3% in urban homes, and just 2.7% in rural. Overall, just 5% of households across the country have shifted to this mode of preparing meals

Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Assam, and Kerala are leading the transition towards electric cooking according to a study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). Residents in these states are choosing e-cooking devices such as induction cooktops, rice cookers, and microwave ovens over Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).

“In Delhi and Tamil Nadu, 17 per cent of households have adopted some form of electric cooking, while in Telangana, the rate of adoption stood at 15 per cent. In Kerala and Assam, 12 per cent of households have partially switched to e-cooking,” the CEEW study found.

The CEEW study found