Sorry !
That should read :
Ways of the Politicians
Here is why :
Ø In Sept 2017 , while inaugurating
ONGC’s corporate office, PM Shri Modiji said :
“ Our poor rural ladies
are suffering due to air pollution caused by burning wood – straw – cow-dung
cakes – kerosene , for cooking on chulhas . Millions of them are prematurely
dying due to lung diseases. We must give them Solar Chulhas “
Ø That
motivated ONGC to challenge our geeks to come up with a design of Solar Chulha .
Ø On 03 Nov 2017,. ONGC
inserted a big advt in national news papers – without any mention of the
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS !
( Source : Solar
Chula ? Some Unanswered Questions )
Ø That
prompted me to send an E Mail to ONGC Chairman [cmd@ongc.co.in ], describing
such SPECIFICATIONS
( Source : Solar
Chulha : Where can I buy ? )
Ø Lo
and Behold ! ONGC uploaded following page
on its website, incorporating my suggestions
( Source : https://startup.ongc.co.in/wps/wcm/connect/ongcstartup/apply_now/solar_chulha_challenge#main-content
)
Ø 1500
parties applied. In April
2018, ONGC announced the results of the competition, declaring a IIT-Bombay team as the
winner of First Prize
(
Source
: Dear
Shri Goyalji : How about a Solar Cooker ? / 26 Aug 2020 )
Ø It
is three years now
and those Solar Chulhas are nowhere to be seen !
I
stand corrected :
4 / 5 months back , Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan , distributed some
74 Solar Chulhas to
villagers of
(
Source :
Ø Other
than that there is NO NEWS at all of any Govt Plan
#
to get these Chulhas “ Mass Produced “
AND
# any SCHEME to distribute it to 270 Million rural households, as
suggested in :
Time to " Talk the Walk " / 19 Sept 2020 )
Ø There
is neither any mention of the SPECS – PRICES – SUBSIDY amounts – Names of
Manufacturers etc of these 74 Chulhas !
RELATED READINGS :
Ø Not
in one day : What about 3 years ? ……………..[ 25 Oct 2020 ]
Extract :
Ø The
government has allocated Rs 40,915 crore as petroleum subsidy for FY21, a 6 per
cent increase from Rs 38,569 crore allocated for the last fiscal
Ø Out of this the allocation for LPG subsidy has been increased
to Rs 37,256.21 crore
for current year.
Ø Total No of Households in India………………………. 27
Crore ( 270 million )
Ø Poor Households covered by Ujwalla Scheme… 8
Crore ( 80 million )
Ø Increase in LPG
Consumption ( 2014 > 2019 ).. 56 %
Ø Import of LPG ( in Aug 2020 )……………………………… 1.24
million tons
Ø LNG import in 2019-20…… 33,680 (MMSCM) ( $9.5 billion= Rs 70024 crore )
MY TAKE :
Ø Allocation
of Rs 37,256 crore for LPG subsidy ( for cooking ), is
an ANNUAL RECURRING expense
Ø If
household cooking was to be based on use of a SOLAR CHULHA (
Stove ), then no need for LPG !
Ø Some 3
years ago, IIT-B won a competition for design of a Solar Cooking Stove
Ø Govt had
specified its max “ Sale Price” at Rs 10,000 /- per Stove [ $ 135 ]
Ø For Rs
37,256 Crore , govt can buy and distribute ( FREE ),
some 3.7 cr ( 37 million ) solar stoves
Ø Within
about 2 years, Govt can handover a SOLAR STOVE to all households covered by
Ujwalla Scheme
Ø Of course
, since food gets cooked even when there is NO SUNSHINE , each Solar Stove
would require a Tesla’s POWERWALL type of Storage device
Ø If my
suggestion gets implemented, country
would save annually , foreign exchange worth Rs 37,256 Cr
Household
air pollution and health [ WHO ]
Green
goals must be decoupled from trade : Goyal
/ Business Line
/ 15 June 2021
Extract :
Ø Giving
an example of CLEAN COOKING STOVES, she ( WTO – DG / Okonjo-Iweala ) said …. There
are 4 MILLION premature deaths of mostly women due to the POLLUTING
COOKING STOVES.. “
===================================================
E MAILS SENT :
Wed 28-Aug-19 1:01 PM
To : cmd@ongc.co.in
Text :
News :
Ø EESL gearing up to distribute
induction stoves for households
Ø “...committee has been formed for the
proposed programme, which comes under the Clean
Cooking Mission, of distributing induction stoves for domestic
consumers,” SG Garnaik, Chief General
Manager-Technical, EESL, told BusinessLine here. [ spgarnaik@eesl.co.in ]
Ø At present, two options are
being explored for induction stoves, one is solar PV (photovoltaic)-based and
another one is grid power-based.
Ø A pilot programme, launched by
the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 31, 2018, had deployed 100 solar PV-based induction stoves.
Ø Now , the government is working
on scaling it up across the country.
Ø After the approval, EESL is likely to float a tender to procure a million
units of induction stoves.
Ø Probably in the next couple of
months, we will be able to come up with a scheme, he said.
=================================================
Thu 27-Aug-20 12:48 PM
To : Cabinet Ministers
Text :
Ø Since ONGC announced a competition for design of a SOLAR COOKER on 03 Nov 2017 , Sun has set and risen again and again, 1028 times
But that Cooker ( design won by IIT-B ), is
nowhere to be seen !
ONGC had laid down rigid performance conditions
- including a cost of Rs 10,000 / -
Dear Shri Goyalji,
> Yesterday,
you urged the industry to come up with a " VIABLE and FAST,
electric
cooking systems so that
imported product. "
> How about " enthusing " the local industry to come forward to " Mass
Produce " IIT-B designed Solar
>
Even if each Solar Cooker purchase was subsidized to the tune of 75 % (
max Rs 7,500 ), it
would work
SUBSIDY on LNG gas cylinders ( since subsidy proposed by me, is
only ONE TIME ) .
Ø Quite possibly,
within 2 years , you would recover that LNG subsidy cost !
>
As a finance-expert , you can calculate the
" PAYBACK PERIOD /
INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN /
BREAK-EVEN POINT etc " , better than anyone else
Dear Shri Goyalji ,
I
urge you to announce this ( Subsidy ) decision before the sun sets today !
===================================================
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 16
June 2021
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