Operator liability cap trebled to Rs. 1,500 crore
NEW DELHI: A smooth passage in Parliament of the proposed nuclear civil liability Bill was ensured by the Union government on Tuesday after it took on board most of the suggestions made by the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Among the changes agreed upon are trebling of the operator liability cap from Rs. 500 crore to Rs.

Neena Vyas

NEW DELHI: There were strong indications on Monday that the government and the Bharatiya Janata Party were close to arriving at consensus on the proposed nuclear civil liability Bill.

The nuclear liability Bill was delayed after the parliamentary panel examining the controversial legislation today sought a week

NEW DELHI: The government and the Bharatiya Janata Party seem to have conceded some ground to each other on the proposed nuclear civil liability bill in the process of trying to arrive at an agreed text.

A parliamentary panel examining the controversial Nuclear Liability Bill hopes to finalise its report on Wednesday amid strong indications of difference of opinion with BJP members.

Nistula Hebbar

Nistula Hebbar

New Delhi: The fate of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 may lie in the hands of five undecided Members of Parliament

The Bhopal gas tragedy was the worst industrial disaster in human history. Twenty-five thousand people died, 500,000 were injured, and the injustice done to the victims of Bhopal over the past 25 years will go down as the worst case of jurisprudence ever.

Nistula Hebbar

New Delhi: With the controversial verdict on Bhopal gas tragedy exposing inadequacies of the Nuclear Liability Bill, the government is likely to raise the cap on compensation a nuclear operator will have to cough up in case of accident, to Rs 1,200 crore from Rs 500 crore proposed at present.