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Monday, Jun 30, 2008
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Opinion
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Letters The nuclear puzzle This refers to the article “Having the deal and saving the Govt” (Business Line, June 25). Given the ongoing controversy over the Indo-US nuclear deal, it is very important to demystify unwanted controversies and fears arising out of the Hyde Act provisions. The so-called section 106 of the Hyde Act deals with the future course of action in case India detonates a nuclear device. The same provision ensures that if India were to conduct a nuclear test, the nuclear deal would not be terminated automatically, but there will be negotiations between New Delhi and Washington. In this context, the Left parties’ fears of the Hyde Act provisions are unnecessary. Actually, the Hyde Act provisions may cause some worry when we are to negotiate contracts for US reactors. And even in that case, India can press for amendments to the provisions of the Hyde Act. Further, those provisions are neither detrimental to the actual Indo-US nuclear deal nor are they preconditions to the deal. In this context, the UPA government should go ahead with the final round of talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to discuss the safeguard agreement which will finally operationalise India’s nuclear deal and enable it to embark on the road to energy security. P. S. Saravana Durai e-mail More Stories on : Letters | Politics | Power
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