Insuring nuclear suppliers using Indian tax payers’ money – how nationalist...
On the eve of India’s Republic Day, the Modi government has announced that it will arm-twist the public-owned General Insurance Company(GIC) to provide insurance cover for the nuclear suppliers. Though...
View ArticleCitizens’ Statement against Capitulation to the US on Nuclear Liability
We are deeply disturbed by media reports that the Indian government has capitulated to aggressive U.S. demands and agreed to a deal that indemnifies American nuclear vendors from the consequences of...
View ArticleLiability risks transferred to taxpayers: price of Modi’s diplomacy
If a serious accident were to occur, India would be saddled with staggering, lasting costs. Japan’s Fukushima-disaster bill has been conservatively estimated at $105 billion, or 429 times higher than...
View ArticleModi’s nuclear deal: no cause for celebration
Any understanding between Narendra Modi and Barack Obama on circumventing the Indian nuclear liability law to protect American reactor suppliers should be a matter of concern. The post Modi’s nuclear...
View Article[TEXT] Indian MEA’s FAQ on Nuclear Liability
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act 2010 and related issues Q1. What is the understanding reached with...
View ArticleWhat the nuclear industry wants, and Modi govt is ready to oblige: profit...
Just because the Manmohan Singh government accepted the Faustian Indo-U.S. nuclear pact does not mean that India needs to bend its laws and spend billions of dollars on U.S. reactors, The post What the...
View ArticleThe “Breakthrough” on Nuclear Agreement between Modi and Obama: A Reality Check
So, in sum, while the Sec. 17(b) of the CLNDA is all set to be completely subverted through the provision of free full insurance coverage to the turnkey suppliers out of exclusively Indian taxpayers’...
View ArticleModi’s nuclear misadventures in ‘achchhe din’– courting disasters in...
Least realising the Achilles’ heel of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was the Civil Nuclear Deal with the United States of America despite Singh’s misplaced belief that the nuclear deal...
View ArticleModi Govt’s Undermining of Liability Law: Journey from Bhopal Disaster to...
Gopal Krishna | How much compensation should Indians get as compensation for nuclear damage—Rs 2400 crores Or Rs 7844 crores Or Rs 19,785 crores Or Rs 50,000 crores Or Rs 1.14 lakh crores Or Rs 6.4...
View ArticleNamaste Nukes? Trump’s Toxic Sales Pitch for the Stalled Westinghouse Nuclear...
Kumar Sundaram | Despite the hype that Trump’s recent visit generated – of an upgrade of US-India relations to a ‘Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership’ and so on – there is very little that India...
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