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Government ready to accept any formulation on n-bill: Chavan
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:08:51 AM,
IANS |
New Delhi:
The government is ready to consider any formulation or modification
to end the controversy over the amendment to the civil nuclear
liability bill, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and
Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan said here Monday.
“There is no problem. We are ready to consider any formulation with
any modification,” Chavan told reporters.
He had earlier met with the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha
Arun Jaitley to discuss the issue.
“We are seeking to put an end to the controversy generated by the
opposition’s objections to the government formulation in clause
17(b) in the civil nuclear liability bill,” said Chavan.
He pointed out that there were three formulations for the clause -
one in the original bill, second on the standing committee
recommendation and third is the official amendment as approved by
the cabinet.
He said that the government was willing to consider any of these
three or any modification, or formula suggested by any political
party. He said that any such amendment could be got approved by the
cabinet, post-facto.
In the original bill, clause 17(b) says that there was recourse
against suppliers, “if the suppliers or his employee causes damage
through gross negligence or a willful act”.
The standing committee had recommended the removal of proving intent
of supplier, but the official amendment did not do so.
Also, controversially, the standing committee had said that two
sections of clause 17 had to be met for having recourse against
suppliers. This was also not accepted in the amendments approved by
the cabinet.
The BJP had said that it will only support the bill if the
government accepts the recommendation of the standing committee on
intent of supplier.
The government will continue with meetings to reach out to
opposition leaders Tuesday, as it braces for the introduction of the
bill in parliament Wednesday.
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