MECS Resources
IIT M Report
The electrification of rural areas presents a timely opportunity to provide these communities with reliable access to efficient electric cooking solutions. This report provides an in-depth account & analysis of the activities undertaken in Phase II, from July 2023 to February 2025.
Stocktake Report
A comprehensive review of India’s transition towards electric cooking by the Modern Energy Cooking Services Programme, offering key insights and actionable recommendations on the evolving eCooking landscape.
WMEC and Energy Dozen
Where Change Begins: Women Powering Clean Cooking from the Ground Up'. stories of women changemakers who are not only adopting clean cooking solutions but actively shaping and scaling them within their communities and local ecosystems.
Multi Fuel Report
Multifuel Study: India. study examines how electric cooking (eCooking) devices perform in comparison with LPG, the dominant cooking fuel in Indian households.
Policy Compendium
Policy Compendium is intended to be the one-stop document for the reference of the policy support related to the clean cooking sector and provides the required information needed to approach the concerned authority in this sector.
Talk Series
The MECS India Talk Series is a monthly global platform that brings together stakeholders to discuss key challenges and opportunities in advancing modern energy solutions for clean cooking.
Street Vendor Pilot Report
Report on e-cooking for street vendors in India, shows that adoption is not driven by full fuel switching. Vendors integrate electricity into specific tasks such as boiling or reheating, while continuing to rely on other fuels where it remains more practical.
Global LEAP Award Induction
Global LEAP Awards Buyer’s Guides are catalogues of best-in-class appliances and productive use equipment appropriate for use in energy-constrained settings. This edition contains information about induction cooktops named winners and finalists in the 2024- 2025 Global LEAP Awards Induction Cooktops Competition.
Dr Binocs Video English and Hindi
Shaping Young Minds for a Sustainable Future: Clean Cooking with Dr. Binocs. This leverages the power of digital learning and animation to introduce young minds to clean cooking!
Hindi Video
100% Cooking Study
An in-depth exploration of the implications of households cooking entirely with electricity, based on a small number of participants (10 Households)
NIAS Study
An evidence-based framework to assess and accelerate the energy transition in India’s residential cooking sector.
SCGJ Curriculum
Decarbonisation
India’s clean cooking programmes have largely focused on reducing household air pollution, with limited attention to greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonisation. This issue brief explores the opportunities and challenges in aligning cooking fuel transitions with India’s Net-Zero 2070 goals.
CEEW Report
The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) is one of South Asia’s leading not-for-profit policy research institutions. The Council uses data, integrated analysis, and strategic outreach to explain – and change – the use, reuse, and misuse of resources.
IEFFA Report
This report is for information and educational purposes only. The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (“IEEFA”) does not provide tax, legal, investment, financial product or accounting advice. This report is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax, legal, investment, financial product or accounting advice.