“The sector has over 345 reactor years of safe operation”

In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident, the emergency response and preparedness measures in India's nuclear facilities had been strengthened and several recommendations of the safety reviews mandated by the government of India had already been implemented, said Srikumar Banerjee, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), on Wednesday. A road map was being prepared for implementing the other recommendations.

Shillong, Sept.

Nearly 10,000 persons accompanied the 127 persons observing an indefinite fast at Idinthakarai against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project on Monday.
Bishop of Tuticorin RC Diocese Yvon Ambroise, who participated in the fast being held near St. Lourdes Church in the coastal hamlet along with 25 priests, said that though the Union Government had spent over Rs. 13,000 crore for constructing these two nuclear reactors, it should be closed down as the lives and livelihood of people living around the project site were more valuable than the money spent.

The 12th five year plan will address the farmers concern regarding UPA’s flagship job guarantee programme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

The Karnataka government, which is in the thick of controversy over acquisition of land for several big-ticket investors, is in no mood to accept certain changes proposed in the new Land Acquisitio

The institution has been auditing ONGC and Oil India for several decades

RIL violated production sharing contract in KGD6: CAG

CAG Says Ministry Was Aware Of Flaws In Decision But Didn’t Do Anything

Bowing to agrarian states like Punjab and Haryana, the Government today introduced in the Lok Sabha an amended version of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011, deleting f