by ARUN KUMAR
The US-India Business Council, a mouthpiece for US big business and their Indian allies, has also criticized the Indian law. It argues that by failing to exempt nuclear industry suppliers from legal liability and lawsuits in the event of accidents, the law could “preclude involvement by the private sector—both Indian and foreign—and stymie India’s multi-year effort to develop civil nuclear power.”
US State Department spokesperson P. J. Crowley and the US Ambassador to India, Timothy J. Roemer, have publicly declared that Washington is pressing India’s Congress Party-led coalition government to have the new law amended. Said Crowley, “We continue our discussions with the Indian government on this issue and we note that Indian business leaders are concerned about some specific aspects of the law that was just passed by Parliament. We will look to the Indian government to see what changes can be made.”
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