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What is the hidden cost of N-deal? – Columns – News – MSN India – News

What is the hidden cost of N-deal?
– msn News 17 Sept 08 “…………………….what is the real price we have to pay for inking the nuclear deal with a nation that leads a unipolar world?  Does the US expect a quid pro quo from India?
Of course, the deal suits America’s commercial interests well. It expects to corner a big share of $ 150 billion worth of investment in nuclear power plants envisaged by India in the next decade.But there are many imponderables as far as the implementation of the nuclear deal is  concerned………………………will the nuclear deal intensify arms race between India and  Pakistan?…………………………the nuclear deal, once it is approved by the US Congress, will have  far-reaching  ramifications. A pertinent question is: Can the government of the day, that too  surviving on a wafer-thin majority,  sign an international agreement or treaty  impacting generations to come without seeking parliamentary approval or people’s mandate?

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September 17, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics