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Diluting nuclear suppliers' liability

A news item appeared in the national newspaper The Hindu on September 3, 2013 to the effect that Government of India is planning to permit the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to enter into arrangement with American nuclear vendors wherein the written contract between the NPCL and the American vendors would contain a clause to the effect that the operator NPCIL has abdicated and waived off the ‘right of recourse’ as provided  under Section 17 of the Civil Liability  for Nuclear Damage Act.

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