N-liability Bill

The latest version of the nuclear liability bill is widely considered to be outrageous. It allows manufacturers of nuclear equipment to escape scot free without paying any damages, even if their equipment is faulty and caused a nuclear disaster.  Under this latest version of the bill, a manufacturer of faulty nuclear equipment is only liable i...

The Cabinet may have approved the Nuclear Liability Bill with the amendment sought by the BJP and the Left but it seems the controversy won't end in a hurry. The government now says it didn't order the amendment to the bill.In an unprecedented move, the chairman of Rajya Sabha has ordered a probe, in what is perhaps the first case of tampered Parli...

Under Opposition attack for trying to "dilute" the provisions of the nuclear liability bill, Government today made certain amendments to strengthen the proposed legislation which was approved by the Union Cabinet, paving the way for its consideration by Parliament.     The Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan...

A day after NDTV reported on how the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has proposed to knock off a key clause in the Nuclear Liability Bill which dilutes the liability of suppliers for negligence, more details are emerging.Sources in the Parliamentary Standing Committee which is examining the bill, have told NDTV that the DAE's views have not yet b...

Linking the court verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case with the nuclear liability bill, BJP on Monday made a strong plea to the government to reconsider the draft legislation contending that it "shielded" private suppliers.Terming the verdict as "painful", BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the investigative agencies should immediately c...

Faced with a concerted Opposition, the government on Monday decided at the last minute not to introduce the Nuclear Liability Bill.

Congress has decided to issue show-cause notice to 35 MPs for not being present at the time of scheduled introduction of nuclear bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

The latest version of the nuclear liability bill is widely considered to be outrageous. It allows manufacturers of nuclear equipment to escape scot free without paying any damages, even if their equipment is faulty and caused a nuclear disaster.  Under this latest version of the bill, a manufacturer of faulty nuclear equipment is only liable i...

The Cabinet may have approved the Nuclear Liability Bill with the amendment sought by the BJP and the Left but it seems the controversy won't end in a hurry. The government now says it didn't order the amendment to the bill.In an unprecedented move, the chairman of Rajya Sabha has ordered a probe, in what is perhaps the first case of tampered Parli...

Under Opposition attack for trying to "dilute" the provisions of the nuclear liability bill, Government today made certain amendments to strengthen the proposed legislation which was approved by the Union Cabinet, paving the way for its consideration by Parliament.     The Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan...

A day after NDTV reported on how the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has proposed to knock off a key clause in the Nuclear Liability Bill which dilutes the liability of suppliers for negligence, more details are emerging.Sources in the Parliamentary Standing Committee which is examining the bill, have told NDTV that the DAE's views have not yet b...

Linking the court verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case with the nuclear liability bill, BJP on Monday made a strong plea to the government to reconsider the draft legislation contending that it "shielded" private suppliers.Terming the verdict as "painful", BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the investigative agencies should immediately c...

Faced with a concerted Opposition, the government on Monday decided at the last minute not to introduce the Nuclear Liability Bill.

Congress has decided to issue show-cause notice to 35 MPs for not being present at the time of scheduled introduction of nuclear bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday.