Jairam: I admit our nuclear energy programme must be transparent

  • 12/05/2011

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

Bill for independent regulatory authority in monsoon session of Parliament The Central government is set to form an independent regulatory authority, which will be responsible for nuclear safety and enforcement of safety standards. A bill to that effect will be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament this year, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday. Mr. Ramesh was talking to journalists on the sidelines of a convocation ceremony at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences here. The Minister agreed that for more than half a century there was no transparency in the nuclear energy programme in the country.