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Philips design has designed smokeless chulhas for reducing indoor pollution by upto 90%. An excerpt from their site:

There are two versions of the Chulha smokeless stove; Sampoorna and Saral.

The Sampoorna is an all-in-one unit intended for cooking/boiling with an integrated steamer for preparing rice, lentils etc. The Saral is a modular system which has a basic cooking block and which allows the addition of various other blocks for e.g. extra pots, steaming, or a ‘hot box’ for keeping food warm or heating it up. Both stove types are made of concrete and coated with local clay. It has been estimated that, compared to traditional cooking fires, the Sampoorna and Saral reduce indoor smoke pollution by up to 90%. The Sampoorna will cost roughly €8; the Saral €5.

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