Is Nuclear Deal PM Singh's Biggest Achievement?

The India-US nuclear deal was aimed at ending India's nuclear isolation and nuclear apartheid, recalls Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Then prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh with then US undersecretary of......

Nuke establishment backs nuclear liability bill

The country's atomic establishment on Wednesday threw its weight behind the civil nuclear liability bill in the face of the stand-off between the government and the Opposition and said there is a......

Nuclear Liability Bill to be tabled on March 15

The much-debated Nuclear Liability Bill, crucial for operationalising the India-US civil nuclear deal, would be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on March 15, Minister of State for Atomic Energy Prithviraj......

US asks India to act on nuclear liability bill

The US said on Wednesday that the Indian Parliament needed to act upon the "critical" nuclear liability bill to take forward the Indo-American nuclear deal, which had reached "almost the finishing......

NPC plans Rs 1,500-crore fund for civil liability

State-run Nuclear Power Corporation, which is engaged in increasing nuclear capacity to 63,000 Mw by 2032 from the present 4,560 Mw, would set up a fund of Rs 1,500 crore (Rs 15 billion) to take......

Can't ignore US fund because of Bhopal: Ficci prez

The Bhopal gas tragedy and developments following it should not become an impediment in seeking American investment in India though the issue of liability in case of an industrial accident should......

No US firm keen to invest in Indian infrastructure

American companies have so far not evinced any interest in investing in the huge Indian infrastructure market, which is estimated to be worth over $200 billion, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel......

Foreign nuke cos want rule changes

Nuclear companies from the US, Russia and France, as well as Indian power majors, have unanimously appealed to the Government of India (GoI) for various changes in the rules to facilitate foreign......