Seoul, June 21: Abnormal radiation was detected near the inter-Korean border days after North Korea claimed last month to have achieved a nuclear technology breakthrough, South Korea

Arjun Makhijani

The bill should be amended to include an explicit provision that says there would be no operator liability cap, and that an initial payment of $20 billion (about Rs. 92,000 crores) would have to be put in escrow in a worst case accident.

Ravi Visvesvaraya Sharada Prasad
The government has to maintain a balance between the amount of com- pensation and the tariff to be borne by power con- sumers. Clause 8 of the bill compels the operator to main- tain insurance or set aside financial security of Rs 500 crores so that the compensation can be paid immediate- ly to victims.

This is the right time to ask the govt to rethink the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill

Siddharth Varadarajan

The Nuclear Liability Bill needs to be amended to ensure adequate compensation in the event of an accident.

The bill must be amended to allow for a proper level of compensation, well beyond the Rs. 2,050 crore

NEW DELHI: The Manmohan Singh-led government is under pressure from Washington on the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill and the proposed legislation bears the handiwork of the U.S. nuclear industry lobby. Hence it must be scrapped.

This was stated by Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat in the latest edition of the party organ, Peoples' Democracy

Siddharth Varadarajan

The legislative challenge is to ensure that Indian victims get the same degree of protection from Indian courts as U.S. victims would from their courts.

NEW DELHI: After first proposing a major dilution of the nuclear liability bill in favour of reactor suppliers, the government on Tuesday told a parliamentary panel it was withdrawing the suggested amendment.

Faced with stiff opposition from the BJP and the Left, the government today dropped plans to dilute a key provision in the Nuclear Liability Bill, as its top officials were grilled by the Parliamentary Committee.

P. Sainath

Bhopal marked the horrific beginning of a new era. One that signalled the collapse of restraint on corporate power.