Nuclear Liability Bill

A day after India notified its rules on nuclear liability, government officials have taken a tough line regarding American objections, which they anticipate will remain sticking points. India's rules are likely to feature prominently at the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting tomorrow with President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Associat...

Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's scheduled meeting with US President Barack Obama on Friday at Bali, India today notified rules on nuclear liability. The development is significant as nuclear liability has remained a key point of contention between the two nations over the civil nuclear cooperation deal signed in 2008.

Ahead of the US President Barack Obama's visit, sources say, that India is expected to sign a crucial International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) treaty called the Convention on Supplementary Compensation(CSC) for Nuclear Damage.This will get India access to  international funds in case of a nuclear accident, though it also lays out liability nor...

With just a month to go for President Barack Obama's India visit, National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon, who is in Washington, has said the Indian Government is in talks with US companies that have expressed concerns about Nuclear Liability Act.Most American companies feel the law puts a big burden on suppliers. They are confused as to what ...

The passage of a Nuclear Liability Bill by Parliament making suppliers of nuclear equipment also potentially liable threatens to cast a long shadow over India's plans to open an estimated $150 billion nuclear market to foreign companies.US officials are unwilling to comment publicly on the limiting liability legislation, a key piece under US law ...

Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has virtually pulled up T Subbirami Reddy, Chairman of a Parliamentary Committee that went into the Nuclear Liability Bill for the insertion of some words beyond agreed terms that threatened the passage of the measure."...it would be desirable that Chairpersons of Committees should invariably follow up their verbal...

After months of complicated negotiation and considerable last-minute drama, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Nuclear Liability Bill, backed by a political compromise between the government and the Opposition. The Bill was tabled in the House today after hectic parleys between the government and the Opposition.The government agreed to amendment...

While the controversy over the Nuclear Liability Bill seems complex it actually all boils down to one question: How much will the suppliers of nuclear equipment be liable to pay up if there is a nuclear disaster?In the latest version of the Bill the nuclear supplier will in effect pay absolutely nothing even if the disaster is caused by a defect in...

Will there be an end to the deadlock between the government and the Opposition over the Nuclear Liability Bill today? The latest version of the Nuclear Liability Bill is widely considered to be outrageous. It allows manufacturers of nuclear equipment to escape scot-free without paying any damages, even if their equipment is faulty and caused a nucl...

The latest version of the nuclear liability bill is widely considered to be outrageous. It allows manufacturers of nuclear equipment to escape scot free without paying any damages, even if their equipment is faulty and caused a nuclear disaster.  Under this latest version of the bill, a manufacturer of faulty nuclear equipment is only liable i...

The government has once again over 48 hours managed to unite the Left and Right opposition in Parliament. The CPM and BJP on Sunday vowed to fight the latest change to the controversial nuclear liability bill by the government.Once it becomes law it would govern the liability of a nuclear reactor or equipment supplier in case of an accident.The gov...

Wednesday could be another stormy day in the Parliament when the government tables the N liability bill draft, this time with yet another change. The BJP has told NDTV that they will not allow it."We are very clear that the scope of 17(b) cannot be diluted. We need that to be addressed and if that is being diluted by this amendment which the govern...

The Cabinet may have approved the Nuclear Liability Bill with the amendment sought by the BJP and the Left but it seems the controversy won't end in a hurry. The government now says it didn't order the amendment to the bill.In an unprecedented move, the chairman of Rajya Sabha has ordered a probe, in what is perhaps the first case of tampered Parli...

Under Opposition attack for trying to "dilute" the provisions of the nuclear liability bill, Government today made certain amendments to strengthen the proposed legislation which was approved by the Union Cabinet, paving the way for its consideration by Parliament.     The Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan...

The government was called out by the Opposition on the draft of the Nuclear Liability Bill as the Left and the BJP accused the government of changing one crucial word in the text that gave the suppliers a leeway from paying damages.The culprit seems to be the word "and" placed in a context which implies major changes.Now, the government is likely t...

A day after India notified its rules on nuclear liability, government officials have taken a tough line regarding American objections, which they anticipate will remain sticking points. India's rules are likely to feature prominently at the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting tomorrow with President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Associat...

Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's scheduled meeting with US President Barack Obama on Friday at Bali, India today notified rules on nuclear liability. The development is significant as nuclear liability has remained a key point of contention between the two nations over the civil nuclear cooperation deal signed in 2008.

Ahead of the US President Barack Obama's visit, sources say, that India is expected to sign a crucial International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) treaty called the Convention on Supplementary Compensation(CSC) for Nuclear Damage.This will get India access to  international funds in case of a nuclear accident, though it also lays out liability nor...

With just a month to go for President Barack Obama's India visit, National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon, who is in Washington, has said the Indian Government is in talks with US companies that have expressed concerns about Nuclear Liability Act.Most American companies feel the law puts a big burden on suppliers. They are confused as to what ...

The passage of a Nuclear Liability Bill by Parliament making suppliers of nuclear equipment also potentially liable threatens to cast a long shadow over India's plans to open an estimated $150 billion nuclear market to foreign companies.US officials are unwilling to comment publicly on the limiting liability legislation, a key piece under US law ...

Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has virtually pulled up T Subbirami Reddy, Chairman of a Parliamentary Committee that went into the Nuclear Liability Bill for the insertion of some words beyond agreed terms that threatened the passage of the measure."...it would be desirable that Chairpersons of Committees should invariably follow up their verbal...

After months of complicated negotiation and considerable last-minute drama, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Nuclear Liability Bill, backed by a political compromise between the government and the Opposition. The Bill was tabled in the House today after hectic parleys between the government and the Opposition.The government agreed to amendment...

While the controversy over the Nuclear Liability Bill seems complex it actually all boils down to one question: How much will the suppliers of nuclear equipment be liable to pay up if there is a nuclear disaster?In the latest version of the Bill the nuclear supplier will in effect pay absolutely nothing even if the disaster is caused by a defect in...

Will there be an end to the deadlock between the government and the Opposition over the Nuclear Liability Bill today? The latest version of the Nuclear Liability Bill is widely considered to be outrageous. It allows manufacturers of nuclear equipment to escape scot-free without paying any damages, even if their equipment is faulty and caused a nucl...

The latest version of the nuclear liability bill is widely considered to be outrageous. It allows manufacturers of nuclear equipment to escape scot free without paying any damages, even if their equipment is faulty and caused a nuclear disaster.  Under this latest version of the bill, a manufacturer of faulty nuclear equipment is only liable i...

The government has once again over 48 hours managed to unite the Left and Right opposition in Parliament. The CPM and BJP on Sunday vowed to fight the latest change to the controversial nuclear liability bill by the government.Once it becomes law it would govern the liability of a nuclear reactor or equipment supplier in case of an accident.The gov...

Wednesday could be another stormy day in the Parliament when the government tables the N liability bill draft, this time with yet another change. The BJP has told NDTV that they will not allow it."We are very clear that the scope of 17(b) cannot be diluted. We need that to be addressed and if that is being diluted by this amendment which the govern...

The Cabinet may have approved the Nuclear Liability Bill with the amendment sought by the BJP and the Left but it seems the controversy won't end in a hurry. The government now says it didn't order the amendment to the bill.In an unprecedented move, the chairman of Rajya Sabha has ordered a probe, in what is perhaps the first case of tampered Parli...

Under Opposition attack for trying to "dilute" the provisions of the nuclear liability bill, Government today made certain amendments to strengthen the proposed legislation which was approved by the Union Cabinet, paving the way for its consideration by Parliament.     The Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan...

The government was called out by the Opposition on the draft of the Nuclear Liability Bill as the Left and the BJP accused the government of changing one crucial word in the text that gave the suppliers a leeway from paying damages.The culprit seems to be the word "and" placed in a context which implies major changes.Now, the government is likely t...