Odisha has lagged behind other States and the national average in term of using cooking gas (lPG).
The State is still leading in field of using firewood and cow dung as fuel for cooking purpose.
According to a Sample Registration System (SRS) baseline survey report, only 14 per cent household is using cooking gas in Odisha. The survey that was conducted in 21 States shows that Bihar is placed at the bottom of the list in the use of cooking gas followed by Jharkhand and Odisha.
While Bihar is ranked 21st in the list with 8.5 per cent household using the lPG as cooking gas, Jharkhand is placed 20th with 11.1 per cent and Odisha 19th with 14 per cent.
Delhi tops the list in the use of cooking gas with 97 per cent while the percentage is 76 in Telangana, 70 in Tamil Nadu, 57 in Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra and 30 in Assam. In Gujarat, Karnataka and Uttarakhand where gas chullah is used in 48 per cent household for cooking.
Chhattisgarh is ranked first in terms of using firewood for cooking with 81 per cent followed by Odisha (72 per cent) and Madhya Pradesh (70 per cent). The firewood is used for cooking in only 1.9 per cent household in Delhi, the report said. Other States where over 50 per cent households use firewood include Rajasthan, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Kerala and Assam.
Bihar tops the list in the use of cow dung as fuel for cooking with 41 per cent followed by Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Odisha where cow dung is used for cooking purpose in 27 per cent, 8.8 per cent and 8.1 per cent houses, respectively. This is zero per cent in Kerala, the report said.
The percentage of using induction cooker, kerosene and biogas has been registered minimal across the country. However, cooking in coal chullha is still continuing in many States, including Odisha.
While the highest percentage of households in Jharkhand with 15.2 per cent uses coal as the fuel for cooking in the country, the percentage is 7 in Maharashtra and 4 in West Bengal.
Despite adequate availability of coal in Odisha, this is used as fuel for cooking in only 0.8 per cent houses in the State.