The Bharat Petroleum Corporation, the Indian Oil Corporation and the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation would organise the nation’s first international conference on cooking gas for two days from Thursday.
Jharkhand Governor Droupadi Murmu would inaugurate the conference.
Besides, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, UN Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director lakshmi Puri and Global lPG Partnership Chairman Kimball Chen would also be present as guests.
The conference would see over two dozen speakers and delegates from over a dozen developing countries such as Brazil, Guatemala, Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, Nigeria, Nepal, Bhutan, Indonesia, Cameroon and Sri lanka.
The seminar would deliberate on the need for an lPG-enabled household, problems arising due to absence of lPG connection, usage of traditional biomass cooking fuels and their impact on both health and environment.
The conference would also have a session on the hugely successful ‘GiveItUp’ scheme, ‘Pahal’ scheme and other schemes.