Both BPI France and SFIL are French government-owned financial institutions. Loan is a major component of EDF and NPCIL negotiations. French major EDF, which has got the contract for building reactors for the Jaitapur nuclear power plant, has said India will have to provide a sovereign guarantee to two other …
After a lull of about four months, the Maharashtra Secretariat is making moves to resolve the impasse over the Jaitapur nuclear project. The Maharashtra Government is considering a higher compensation package for farmers who had to give up their land for the project. The State is considering increasing the compensation …
The world’s largest nuclear power plant being built at Jaitapur has claimed its first victim: a 1,000-acre education hub that was to come up in Nate village just 15 km away. Last month, education township promoter Copper Beech Infrastructure Pvt Ltd applied for aborting the project and repatriating the FDI …
Close to 6,000 protesters on December 4 waved the black flag at French company Areva setting up a nuclear power park at Jaitapur block in Maharashtra. They formed a human chain and raised slogans such as “Sarkozy go back’ and “Areva go back”. On November 26, the Ministry of Environment …
Villagers marching to the site of the public hearing at Madban on May 16. The sleepy surroundings of Madban and nearby villages in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra were roused to action sometime in October 2005 when the Government of India sanctioned the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP). The project, proposed …
Interview with C.B. Jain, Project Director, JNPP. C.B. Jain is the Project Director of the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project. In this interview to Frontline, he presents the project authorities' point of view. What is the update on the land acquisition process? Has all the land been acquired and have people …
Though the central government’s land acquisition and rehabilitation Bill is yet to be passed by Parliament, the Maharashtra government has proposed to incorporate a provision relating to annuity payment to families affected by the Jaitapur nuclear power project in the state. The government and the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) are …
As Parliament debates this month it will, hopefully, move beyond issues of corruption in high places to important economic legislation. Two such pieces of legislation are the land acquisition bill and the bill for a new regulatory body for higher education. In this month’s column I will take up the …
The Centre plans to amend the Atomic Energy Act to acquire land in and around the world’s biggest nuclear plant in the works at Jaitapur, where protests have stalled the land acquisition process. The proposed draft has a new Section 2, in Clause 19, that would allow the Centre to …
While giving state governments the flexibility to acquire land either in full or in part for private companies for public purpose, the draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, plans to make “consent” of 80 per cent of the families for acquisition mandatory. Unveiled by the Rural …
The annual meeting of NGOs, under the banner of Konkan Vinashkari Prakalp Virodhi Samiti (KVPVS) in Ratnagiri, was allegedly disrupted on Sunday by Congress goons. The Samiti, which is vehemently opposing the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP), has claimed that the goons are close associates of industries minister Narayan …
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has found loopholes in the relief and rehabilitation package offered to villagers affected by the Tarapur atomic power station but said that the government would soon rectify the problem. In the backdrop of the Japanese quake and the subsequent disaster, the authority also announced …
States need to rethink their land acquisition policies One of the most prickly nettles for governments in India today is land acqusition for industry. The Centre is drafting a new Bill on the issue, but land is a state subject, and different states have different land acquisition policies. The Bill …
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 the Jaitapur …
Cos Include Areva, Alstom, Toshiba, General Electric and Siemens State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals (Bhel) is in talks with Areva, Alstom, Toshiba, General Electric and Siemens to source technology for manufacturing higher rating nuclear sets of 1,000 mw and above. Bhel chairman and managing director BP Rao said the move was …
Bowing to pressure from environmental groups and Opposition parties, the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has decided to go slow on the controversial 2,000 MW nuclear power plant proposed at Kovvada in Srikakulam district. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has made it clear that his government would consider giving …
Emphasising the need for adequate compensation for farmers whose land is acquired for development projects, BJP leaders on Tuesday addressed a gathering on the requirement for coming up with alternative methods to grant benefits to the agriculturists. Seeking suggestions on alternate methods of compensating farmers, Arun Jaitley Leader of Opposition …
The Maharashtra government, in a bid to pacify locals opposing the proposed 9,900 Mw Jaitapur nuclear power project in Ratnagiri district, has cleared payment of Rs 10 lakh per acre to project affected persons (PAPs). This is to be paid by the developer, Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC). Earlier, NPC had …
Industries minister Narayan Rane today said that the decision on providing a compensation package of Rs10 lakh per acre for the Jaitapur nuclear power project will be taken soon. "The collector's report has already been received and I will talk to the chief minister Prithviraj Chavan next week," Rane said. …
