Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hussain Ahamad Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 05/01/2024. In the application, the allegation was in respect of illegal mining of earth from the nearby agricultural field by brick kilns in an area in Muzaffarnagar district. Pits were …
This is the right time to ask the govt to rethink the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill Days after President Barack Obama lashed out at British Petroleum (BP) saying he would not let it
Siddharth Varadarajan The Nuclear Liability Bill needs to be amended to ensure adequate compensation in the event of an accident. The bill must be amended to allow for a proper level of compensation, well beyond the Rs. 2,050 crore
NEW DELHI: The Manmohan Singh-led government is under pressure from Washington on the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill and the proposed legislation bears the handiwork of the U.S. nuclear industry lobby. Hence it must be scrapped. This was stated by Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat in the …
Siddharth Varadarajan The legislative challenge is to ensure that Indian victims get the same degree of protection from Indian courts as U.S. victims would from their courts. As one of only two countries to run a nuclear power programme without any statute dealing with the possibility of an accident
NEW DELHI: After first proposing a major dilution of the nuclear liability bill in favour of reactor suppliers, the government on Tuesday told a parliamentary panel it was withdrawing the suggested amendment. Department of Atomic Energy Secretary Srikumar Banerjee expressed regrets before the Standing Committee on Science and Technology for …
Faced with stiff opposition from the BJP and the Left, the government today dropped plans to dilute a key provision in the Nuclear Liability Bill, as its top officials were grilled by the Parliamentary Committee. Department of Atomic Energy Secretary Srikumar Banerjee, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and a number of …
The government on Tuesday backed off from its move to propose specific amendments to the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill after the Opposition BJP and Left raised strong objections at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology and alleged that the provisions were aimed at diluting the legislation …
P. Sainath Bhopal marked the horrific beginning of a new era. One that signalled the collapse of restraint on corporate power. Over 20,000 killed. Over half a million victims maimed, disabled or otherwise affected. Compensation of around Rs.12,414 per victim on average on the 1989 value of the rupee. ($470 …
NEW DELHI: Even as the BJP and the Left came down heavily on the government for seeking to water down a key provision in the Nuclear Liability Bill that could hold foreign suppliers liable for damages in the event of an accident caused by their gross negligence, no Minister or …
The long-delayed and farcical verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case should make us all think twice about the pending Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Bill, which seeks to limit the maximum compensation that a company setting up a nuclear power plant in India has to pay in case of …
Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: At Washington's request, the Manmohan Singh government has agreed to delete a key provision of the draft civil nuclear liability bill allowing American suppliers to be sued for recovery of damages in the event of an accident caused by gross negligence on their part. Although the …
Siddharth Varadarajan AEC chairman questioned on Bill's provisions # Banerjee quoted as saying the government is prepared to be flexible # DAE likely to revert with fresh language on a couple of provisions New Delhi: With the Bhopal judgment exposing the Indian system's failure to fix liability for a major …
Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: The Bhopal outcry may make the introduction of changes in the draft Nuclear Liability law inevitable but the downside for the Manmohan Singh government is that each measure to strengthen the Bill in favour of potential victims is likely to anger the U.S. government and American …
Smita Gupta New Delhi: The long-delayed verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case will have an impact on the pending Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Bill, Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said here on Monday evening.
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: In move to put the 6,000 MW nuclear power plant on fast track, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has asked Gujarat government to quickly go in for acquiring 780 hectares (ha) of land on southern Saurashtra coast to kickstart work for the ambitious …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has referred the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010, to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests. The committee is chaired by T. Subbarami Reddy. As per the Rajya Sabha notification, the Chairman referred the Bill …
Mumbai A Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) employee handling some containers suffered radioactive contamination of the hands on Tuesday. BARC officials called it a minor incident and said the employee was decontaminated instantly and has rejoined duty.
Mumbai: A minor incident of radioactive contamination was reported at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay here, on Tuesday. Department of Atomic Energy spokesman S.K. Malhotra told The Hindu over telephone that two drops of a radiochemical spilled out of a flask while the chemical was being handled in the …
