Read full text at http://www.otheraspect.tk/ Statement by Janpaksh
*Trading Indian People’s Life for Multinationals’ Profit* Once again showing its loyalty to the multinationals and imperialist masters the Congress led UPA government is all set to bring the */’Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010’/* in the coming monsoon session of the parliament. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on May 7, 2010 which also happened to be the last working day of the Budget session. But due to vociferous opposition it was referred to the parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology for recommendation. Once again showing its loyalty to the multinationals and imperialist masters the Congress led UPA government is all set to bring the */’Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010’/* in the coming monsoon session of the parliament. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on May 7, 2010 which also happened to be the last working day of the Budget session. But due to vociferous opposition it was referred to the parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology for recommendation. Though the avowed purpose of this bill is to /“//… define the “liability”, arising out of any nuclear accident, of an individual “operator” – independent of (and unaffiliated with) the Government of India.”/ But even a cursory reading reveals it’s brazenly pro-capitalist anti people bias. The main features of the Bill are: · It defines nuclear incidents and nuclear damage, nuclear fuel, material and nuclear installations, and also operators of nuclear installations. · It lays down who will be liable for nuclear damage, and the financial limit of the liability for a nuclear incident. · It creates authorities who will assess claims and distribute compensation in cases of nuclear damage. It also specifies who can claim compensation for nuclear damage, and how compensation can be claimed and distributed. · It specifies penalties for not complying with the provisions of the Bill, or any directions issued under it. *[*Source*: **PRS Legislative Research (PRS) website]* This government has been propagating that the Nuclear Liability bill would kick-start the process of construction of nuclear reactors thus solving the much needed energy requirement of the “growing India”. The protagonist of Nuclear energy needs to be asked one question, /if nuclear energy is so efficient then why the USA for more than three decades// has not installed new nuclear power reactors! / Is the nuclear energy the panacea for India’s power problem? The statistics reveals a different picture. As of now, the electricity production from nuclear energy stands at 4,120 MW, which is a little less than 3% of the total installed capacity of power plants. Even if we are to add a 100,000 MW in the next 10 years, as the Ministry of Power is assumes, what is the best-case scenario for nuclear power? According a study conducted by the Planning Commission’s entitled Integrated Energy Policy, 2006, it assumes that taking the most optimistic scenario, the electricity production from nuclear plants would be 15,000 MW by 2015 and 29,000 MW by 2021. This would be about 7% of total energy produced. /That too when this highly optimistic figure is met!/ [Read More] <http://otheraspect.freewebpage.org/Civilliab_jan1.htm> Full text http://www.otheraspect.tk/ -- Fraternally, Damodar email:marxistfront(at)yahoo.co.in http://www.otheraspect.tk _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
