US SENATE APPROVES NUCLEAR DEAL WITH INDIA
 |
 |
The US Senate approved the US India Civilian Nuclear Agreement, ending a 34 year ban on US nuclear trade with India. The US Senate voted 86-13 and culminated a process started in 2005.
The US India Civilian Nuclear Agreement gives India access to US civilian nuclear technology and fuel with a reported $18 Billion in primary business alone.
India has agreed to inspections of its civilian, but not military, nuclear facilities.
After the Pokhran nuclear test by India in 1974, the US had imposed trade sanctions along with several countries, which India often referred to as “Nuclear Apartheid”.
India did not support the NPT Non Proliferation Treaty- citing that the “haves” were imposing a ban on other developing countries’ technologies and instead tried to promote CTBT the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, applicable to ALL Nuclear nations, which iitially was rejected by the already Nuclear countries
This final bill passed the US Senate in a bipartisan display of support just as earlier in the US House of Representatives that passed the agreement on Saturday,Sept 27th. The latest US Senate vote now means President Bush can sign it into law.
INDIA PM SINGH CONFIDENT OF US India NuclearDeal ARRIVES IN NEW YORK
NUKE VOTE SET FOR WEDNESDAY OCT 1
US Congress gets to vote on the US India nuclear Deal. All this in the shadow of the severe finaicial crisis that US faces. Maybe the $18 Billion business opportunity – just primary business alone- will be hard to pass by.. Stay tuned
Sat Sept 26
US Congress Ratifies US India Nuclear Agtrement and send it to President Bush and US Senate
The vote in the US House of Representatives was 298 ti 117 on Saturday
This was 8 MORE than absolute majority needed
120 Democrats vite FOR as did 178 Republicans and
107 Democrats voted against and 10 Republicans went against their party directive
Congressman Howard Berman D introduced the bill and Congress member Ms Ros Lehitinen R seconded it
Latest: Tue Sep 23rd
US India Nuclear Deal Ratified by the US Foreign Relations Committee by a vote of 19-2 Senator Russell Feingold, Wisconsin Democrat and Barbara Boxer, California Democrat, voted against the deal.
Latest:US India Nuclear Deal Ratified by the US Foreign Relations Committee by a vote of 19-2 Senator Russell Feingold, Wisconsin Democrat and Barbara Boxer, California Democrat, voted against the deal.
“I am hopeful that the nuclear deal will happen during my visit to the US.”
NSG Approves Nuclear Deal for India
The 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)approved an US proposal to end nuclear trade sanctions against India. The proposal only needs to be ratified by the US Congress to be implemented.
India as a stable democracy and an icon to many of the World has pledged to keep a moratorium in atom bomb tests and nuclear non-proliferation commitments
This opens up the plans for addressing Indias enormous need for energy domestically.
