TOKYO, 22 JUNE: With billions of dollars from contracts to be earned from India's ambitious nuclear power projects, Japanese government has started intra-governmental negotiations to decide whether it should ink a civilian atomic pact with New Delhi, which is yet to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).
The recommendations of the Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas tragedy have left activists campaigning on behalf of the survivors disappointed.
While they welcomed the announcement related to enhanced compensation, they felt the GoM had been soft on Dow Chemicals by agreeing to allocate Rs 300 crore on its own for the clean-up of the site, for now.
AS THE US sought clarification on the Sino-Pak nuclear deal, China has come out in strong defence of its decision to engage Pakistan in the civilian nuclear sector by setting up two nuclear reactors.
The government on Tuesday backed off from its move to propose specific amendments to the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill after the Opposition BJP and Left raised strong objections at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology and alleged that the provisions were aimed at diluting the legislation that aims to compensate victims of a nuclear accident.
UNDER intense pressure from the Opposition, the government has been forced to withdraw the amendment to the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill that would have made it impossible for the nuclear plant operators, in India
Even as the UPA government indicated its flexibility on the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill issue, the CPM and the BJP on Wednesday made it clear that they were not willing to tone down their objections to the legislation.
