Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The government has approved the construction of a 9900 MW (megawatt) nuclear park at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), a public sector undertaking of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), will own this mega power project. The project will have six European pressurised …
Fatehabad: One more Gorakhpur farmer agitating against the acquisition of land for the proposed nuclear power plant died late last night. Ram Kumar (65) was taken ill while on a dharna in extreme cold on January 2. He returned to the protest site after he felt better. His condition deteriorated …
VILLAGERS whose land will be acquired for the new nuclear power plants will be made partners in profit, said Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) CMD S K Jain. NPCIL is the only company allowed to operate nuclear power plants in India. The corporation, which is setting up about six …
The fourth unit of the 220 MW Kaiga Generating Station (KGS-4), located in Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka, was connected to the southern power grid in the early hours of Wednesday, after the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) granted clearance to it. KGS-4, which achieved first criticality on November 27 …
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday made an emotional appeal for the Jaitapur nuclear power project, saying that he would never tolerate an unsafe project for Maharashtra at any cost. Speaking at the
Amid boycott by dissenting voices, the open house on Jaitapur power project organised by the state government managed to project a happy picture of the nuclear plant. Almost all the participants supported the project. Most of the participants, including the project affected people, welcomed the project and asserted that people …
Nuclear power plants cannot harm the environment, says Kakodkar The recent social impact assessment report of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on the Jaitapur power plant is a people's report and not a scientific one, according to S.K. Jain, Chairperson and Managing Director of the Nuclear Power Corporation …
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has debunked the findings of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Tiss) on the Jaitapur nuclear power project (JNPP). The social impact assessment review conducted by Jamshetji Tata centre for disaster management of Tiss had pointed out several lapses. It had indicated …
In a possible way around the practical hurdles posed by the supplier liability clause in the civil nuclear liability law, the government is all set to make it clear in the rules and regulations of the law that a supplier will be liable only for a fixed time period and …
Jyoti Mukul / New Delhi December 23, 2010, 0:30 IST Total deal size is expected to be around $9.2 billion. The French line of credit for two EPR reactors of Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd at Jaitapur in Maharashtra will come along with sovereign guarantees from the French and Indian governments. …
Endangered Landscape District-wise breakdown of the major projects Thane Ancillary development of Navi Mumbai airport, green areas released for housing and commercial exploitation Raigad Navi Mumbai airport MahaMumbai SEZ. Area: Thrice that of Mumbai Five thermal power plants 10 km from one another Chemical industries hub Ratnagiri Madban: Location of …
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India on Wednesday asked the Centre to take into account public demonstrations in Maharashtra against the setting up of nuclear power plants there and raised environmental issues connected with the Jaitapur project. It urged the government to make public the contract signed between French …
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India on Wednesday asked the Centre to take into account public demonstrations in Maharashtra against the setting up of nuclear power plants there and raised environmental issues connected with the Jaitapur project. It urged the government to make public the contract signed between French …
On Monday, the French company AREVA and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) signed a deal ensuring that the 9,900-MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project will proceed in New Delhi, which will have the evolutionary pressurised reactors designed by the said company. The project will have six such reactors, each …
New Delhi: The final negotiating obstacles having been crossed, India and France will sign a framework agreement for the construction of two 1,650-MWe French nuclear reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra, well-placed sources said on Sunday. The agreement between the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) and the French nuclear …
India and France are expected to sign agreements on civil nuclear cooperation, space and culture during the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who arrives Saturday. No defence deals are expected to be signed, officials said here Wednesday. Sarkozy will be accompanied by his top cabinet ministers, including ministers of …
