Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …
NEW DELHI: Parliament adopted the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, with the Rajya Sabha approving the legislation by voice vote on Monday, paving the way for overseas companies to set up nuclear reactors in the country. The government's desire to get this legislation through was a major reason for …
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 …
Meghnad Desai During the passage of the Nuclear Liability Bill, the Prime Minister pointed out that India had to retain the option of using nuclear power as a source of energy. Put it this way, the use of civilian nuclear energy is a
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, …
K.BalchandNEW DELHI: The Indian nuclear industry on Tuesday objected to certain provisions in the proposed Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010, fearing that it could hamper and completely undo the government's efforts at accelerating nuclear power generation.In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Federation of Indian Chambers of …
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 …
As the latest version of the bill has made the right to recourse nearly impossible for the Indian operator, BJP, which had promised support, warns the Centre of an Opposition backlash in ParliamentOur Political Bureau NEW DELHI WITH the Cabinet diluting the right to recourse of the operator to sue …
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada will arrive in New Delhi on Saturday for the fourth strategic dialogue with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna. On top of the agenda is the civilian nuclear cooperation deal. Okada is also scheduled to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh …
