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India’s proposed Civil Nuclear Liability Bill under attack in Parliament

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment on Forests is examining the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
Bill, 2010 that was introduced in the Lower House on May 7 amid stiff resistance from a united opposition……….. Top officials from the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests were also grilled by the panel on the long-lasting effects of a nuclear accident..

N-bill under attack at Par panel meeting, Business Ghana, : 15th July 2010 The Indian Government’s plans to bring the controversial nuclear liability bill virtually came under all round attack with the opposition BJP and Left leaders Tuesday questioned the need for such a move and demanded that it be withdrawn forthwith.

Making submissions before the Parliamentary Committee, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha is understood to have contendedthat there was no compulsion for the Indian government to have a civil nuclear liability bill. Sinha is understood to have made a strong demand that the government come clear on whether it intends to allow private players in the nuclearpower sector.

Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) leader Dipankar Mukherjee claimed that the drafting of the Bill was a “hasty affair” and there were several contradictions in the statement of objects and reasons and the details mentioned in the legislation………. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment on Forests is examining the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
Bill, 2010 that was introduced in the Lower House on May 7 amid stiff resistance from a united opposition……….. Top officials from the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests were also grilled by the panel on the long-lasting effects of a nuclear accident..

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July 16, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear costs