The India-US Nuclear Contact Group has acknowledged that all policy hurdles for the implementation of the civil nuclear deal between India and the US no longer exist.

“They are now focussed on trying to better commercial prospects of the deal. The group met yesterday,” a spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday.

The Contact Group was established with a view to advance the implementation of India-US civil nuclear cooperation and was set up after a decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barrack Obama during Modi’s visit to the US.

The spokesman said that there was no truth in the administrative arrangement being delayed and pointed out that it was finalised during Barrack Obama’s visit to India earlier this year and announced on January 25.

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