India raised living standards for 1.4 billion citizens by expanding access to electricity and cleaner energy sources but must do more to achieve energy security and long-term growth, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.
In a new study, Paris-based IEA said about half of India’s population — 700 million people — gained access to electricity between 2000 and 2018. India's government also made big progress in reducing the use of traditional biomass in cooking, the chief cause of indoor air pollution that particularly affects women and children, by encouraging use of liquefied petroleum gas and solar photovoltaics, or PV.
