New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- India on Saturday announced plans to set up a nuclear energy mission and proposed to amend the liability laws governing the sector, a move that came ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's likely visit to the US.
New Delhi made public its decision to amend the nuclear liability laws a little over two weeks after Washington lifted restrictions on three Indian nuclear entities saying the move will open up new avenues for India-US collaboration in the civil-nuclear field.
Certain clauses in India's Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 have emerged as hurdles in moving forward in implementation of the historic civil nuclear deal that was firmed up between the two strategic partners around 16 years ago.
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