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Government today ruled out any amendments to the recently-enacted civil nuclear law to accommodate concerns of American companies on the issue of suppliers liability as a package during the coming visit of President Barack Obama to India next month. "The question of amendments is never on the cards. We have …
In its curative petition in the apex court, the govt will argue how the actual aftermath of the gas tragedy far exceeds the $470m compensation agreed to in 1989. How will the 10-year time window for claims in a nuclear incident hold up against this? Nitin Sethi | TNN The …
WASHINGTON, 5 OCT: American companies are unlikely to engage in nuclear trade with India till it becomes a signatory to an international convention on nuclear damage that among its provisions puts the onus of compensation on the state in case of an accident, a Congressional report has said. “US firms …
In what is being seen as a counter to the India-US nuclear deal, China has taken the next significant step on the sale of two nuclear reactors, Chashma 3 & 4, to Pakistan by officially communicating to the IAEA on Tuesday that it intends to go ahead with the deal …
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: The announcement from China's biggest nuclear power firm that it was in talks to set up a one-gigawatt plant in Pakistan underscores the rising overseas ambitions of China's nuclear power industry, say analysts. Following an unprecedented expansion since 2005, and with more than 28 power reactors slated …
rc rajamani NEW DELHI, 29 AUG: It was a week that saw parliament pushing for increased nuclear power generation for an energy-thirsty nation and also for putting more money into the pockets of the lawmakers. The two relevant legislation were in the half-way stage as the Bills concerned still awaited …
Jyoti Malhotra / New Delhi August 27, 2010, 0:23 IST As key world capitals scrutinise the Nuclear Liability Bill, passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, for word on how the new legislation would affect potential civil nuclear agreements with India, a senior Union minister has said that private suppliers …
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, CIVIL LIABILITY PM says this will end nuclear apartheid, rejects charge of US pressure: far from truth, I have faced such accusations earlier THE FINAL SECTION 17 (B) THE WORD `INTENT' DROPPED, THIS IS WHAT LOK SABHA CLEARED 17 (b): the nuclear incident has resulted …
MANOJ C G NEW DELHI, THE passage of the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday could not have come about but for some last-minute pro-active efforts by Arun Jaitley, who not only played a role in reconciling the differences within the BJP but also helped the …
Echoing the sentiments of state-run NPCIL, industry lobbies raised objection to the present form of the nuclear liability bill claiming that that its imposition would result in a mass exodus of private players from the nuclear power sector. Leading industry body leaders, Chandrajit Banerjee of the Confederation of Indian Industry …
An overstretched debate on the civil nuclear liability bill has led to a rather bizarre situation, where the nuclear operator — to protect whose rights the opposition has gone to every extent — has come out in the open to not thank them for their efforts but to, in fact, …
Manoj C G With the BJP not willing to budge on the civil nuclear liability Bill, the government on Tuesday indicated to opposition leaders that it was willing to revise the official amendment proposed in clause 17 — that deals with supplier liability and the right of recourse of the …
New Delhi: Amid indications that the government may amend the nuclear liability bill yet again to accommodate the opposition’s protest against dilution of the clause dealing with supplier liability, industry on Tuesday mounted a campaign warning that the toughening of the very same provisions could scare away suppliers —both Indian …
Is the BJP writing an epitaph for India’s nuclear industry? The BJP, in alliance with the Left, tried its best to scuttle the nuclear deal, which brought to an end India’s status as an international nuclear pariah. Now the BJP is proposing changes to the civil nuclear liability Bill which, …
SWARAJ THAPA & RAVISH TIWARINEW DELHI `THE Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), which operates the country's nuclear power plants, said today that the terms of the supplier liability clause -on which the government is trying to work out an agreement with the Opposition -are so stringent that no …
K V SINGH & SHEPHALI MEHRA BIRDIThe authors are partner and senior associate respectively with Kochhar & Co ALTHOUGH THE CIVIL LIABILITY FOR NUclear Damage Bill, 2010, has been extensively debated, it appears that both the critics and the supporters of the Bill have misunderstood its provisions and have failed …
Manoj C G Setting the stage for yet another showdown between the government and the Opposition on the civil nuclear liability Bill, the BJP on Sunday said the fresh amendments in clause 17 which deals with supplier liability was totally unacceptable to it and made it clear that it would …
