why "civil liability for nuclear damage bill" will be a disater

When UPA government headed by Dr.Manmohan Singh signed agreement 123 with United States Of America we all welcomed the move. It was seen as a path breaking step in the Indo-American relation and signalled the acceptance of India in the developed world.
But after 2 years of the deal when the bill for "civil liability for nuclear damage" was introduced in the parliament it did not went well either with opposition or with general public.
lets see why the bill is not going well with the public:

1.)In case of any nuclear disaster , the private corporation will pay only up to Rs.500 crore. If the compensation is more than this then liability goes to government to pay the compensation.

2.)Maximum liability of the operator and the government combined is Rs. 2087 crore ($458 million) which is 23 time lower than what is provided under US law - price anderson act

3.) Passing liability to the government menas passing it to the taxpayer. So in the end it will be us who will be paying for our own compensation.

4.)In case of any disaster all the cases will be filed against Indian state and not against the corporation.

5.)the irony is that the victims cannot sue the corporation either in india or in their country.

6.)All the cases will be dealt in a "nuclear damage claim commision", all the decesions will be final and cannot be challenged in any court.

7.)Victims can only claim compensation for 10 years upto the accident but we all know that nuclear radioactivity has long term effects.

8.)Corporation will generate the high price electricity , will sell it to NPCIL (nuclear power corporation of India limited) and it will be the role of the government to subsidize it.


so if god forbid a nuclear accident like Chernobyl happens in India than it will be us who will suffer in the end.



lets pass this awareness to as many people as possible.