The UPA Government has led India into a binding commitment that has little to do with the production of civilian nuclear energy and everything to do with bringing us within the restrictive framework of nuclear non-proliferation. The 'deal' is not about liberating India from the clutches of wayward oil-producing nations and the vagaries of fossil fuel, but binding us to the interests of the non-proliferation lobby and the business interests of the nuclear power industry.
RE:Surrender of India
by Suresh Bhave on Jul 12, 2008 05:23 PM Permalink
If American opposition and Leftists in India agree that the deal is a sellout by their respective governments to their opposite number, it seems that it must be a good thing. Only thing that irks democratic Inidians and Americans is the secrecy in which the agreement is shrouded. Therefore there cannot really be a well informed debate on the issue at all. Even among the nuclear establishment in India there is no unanimity about the agreement. I happened to attend a lecture on the deal and there a scientist from BARC objected to the speaker's contention that Indian civilian nuclear power program could not survive without tech support from nuclear powers. He said they had developed the technology but were not permitted to use it. This makes it seem that a lot of money can be made in tech imports and that must be the lure for the sellers and buyers, that is Indian officials. One would mind that very much, but corruption in now well established and has gained social acceptance in the highest and the lowest circles, therefore one only hopes that the deal is what American and Indian opponents claim it to be, a mutual sellout for mutual benefit.
