Ushering in reforms, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed to open up the nuclear power sector for private players and announced a Rs 20,000 crore Nuclear Energy Mission......
The government is considering amendments to the laws governing the nuclear power domain, including the sectoral regulator, to allow participation of private sector as India eyes to produce 100 GW......
M R Srinivasan focused on the peaceful use of nuclear power at a time when the popular view among the 'hawks' was that India should build a nuclear arsenal as a deterrent. IMAGE: Dr Malur Ramasamy......
India on Tuesday said cooperation in peaceful uses of nuclear technology is an important pillar of the multifaceted cooperation with Russia, which offered help in building small tropical nuclear......
Whether the ambitious targets are achievable is a moot question as India's earlier target was 20,000 MW of nuclear power by 2020. IMAGE: A view of India's first indigenously developed 700-megawatt......
The government slashed the budgetary allocation for Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyutikaran Nigam (Bhavini), one of the two public sector undertakings (PSUs) for nuclear power, by 45 per cent to Rs 757......
Under a 2010 nuclear liability law, nuclear equipment suppliers are liable for damages from an accident, which companies say is a sharp deviation from international norms India is offering to set......
Several nuclear power projects held up for the lack of such an insurance pool can now be expected to move forward. Rashme Sehgal reports. In a major breakthrough, the Centre has launched an......
US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke's robust schedule of meetings in Mumbai this week, which includes a bilateral with the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India Dr D Subbarao and senior officials at......
Parleys are on across ministries on prioritising issues to be taken up by the government during US President Barack Obama's India visit next week. Image: US President Barack Obama and Prime......