DME burns cleaner than LPG

DME burns cleaner than LPG, giving off less soot and harmful gasses while offering thermal efficiency comparable to LPG.
The Bureau of Indian Standards now allows up to 20% DME to be mixed into LPG, but blending of about 8% can be done without modifying existing cylinders, regulators, hoses, gaskets and burners, which is pretty convenient.

Pilot plant already built

The team has already built a pilot plant that makes 250kg of DME daily.
Next up: they're planning a bigger demo plant (2.5 metric tons a day) in collaboration with a process engineering partner within six to nine months, aiming for much larger commercial production soon.

If just 8% of India's massive LPG imports are swapped out

If just 8% of India's massive LPG imports are swapped out for DME, the country could save around ₹9,500 crore a year in foreign exchange.
That would be a greener cooking fuel option and could help the more than 10 crore households under the Ujjwala Yojana by reducing import dependence.