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India has no compensation for victims of ionising radiation

Need law for damages to radiation victims’ indian express.com 21 April 2010, The government on Tuesday admitted its helplessness in providing adequate compensation to victims of radiation exposure in Mayapuri market in the absence of a specific law backing compensation to victims of radioactive accidents. Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan told the Rajya Sabha that such a law needs to be enacted ……………Opposition parties said the incident was a “regulatory failure” and had exposed the government’s lack of  preparedness to deal with radioactive incidents.

‘Need law for damages to radiation victims’

April 22, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive