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India and Israel on Tuesday vowed to upgrade their relations in all fields and work out a joint strategy to "checkmate" terrorism, while deciding on a roadmap to elevate cooperation in multiple areas like defence, agriculture, trade and hi-tech over the next two decades. Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, began pre-budget consultations with several stakeholders, including agriculturists and economists on Wednesday in New Delhi.On the other way,Terming religion-based quota for Muslims as a "dirty gameplan" of the Congress to divide the nation again, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday said it will oppose any such move by launching a nation-wide mass movement and exposing the "dirty face" of its rival party. French n-regulator nod for Jaitapur's EPR nuclear reactors!Technical Director of Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Limited (NPCIL), S A Bhardwaj on Wednesday termed the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu as the safest power plant in the world. "It is based on our specifications, what are our regulatory requirements, what are the Indian requirements and this plant therefore has been typically designed for us. To my mind as being a nuclear technologist, this is the safest nuclear power plant of the world," he said. Despite repeated assurances, residents of Kundakulam have stepped up their protests in the past few weeks, aiming to ratchet up pressure on the government to shutdown the Kudankulam project, fearing a possible recurrence of the recent disaster witnessed in the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. Bhardwaj further stressed that the plant does not pose any serious threat to the people of the state.
"There are rays which we use for purifying water that we use in plant, they will have some radioactivity. So this is the type of waste which a nuclear power station generates and these are very convenient to handle and they are handled right in the plant," he said. Highlighting the need of nuclear power plants, Bhardwaj said at this point of time when prices of oil and gas prices are surging at fast pace, country needs such projects, which are cost and energy efficient. "India is getting into the deep crises of power, deep crises because of the coal unavailability and oil and gas, as you know everyday the prices are going up. So nuclear is the answer. Yes, we will have as much of the solar power, as much of wind possible but that does not satisfy our need, therefore this is the demand of India," he added. The project has also met the approval of former Indian President and country's eminent nuclear scientist, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who has vouched for the safety standards set up at the plant after visiting the site to check the existing mechanisms.
Established in a joint collaboration between India and Russia, the Kudankulam nuclear power project envisages to build two 1,000 MW VVER type reactors by end of December 2011. However, in the wake of the Fukushima incident, several nuclear projects across India, such as the one at Jaitapur in western Maharashtra state, have run into rough weather as protesting locals and activists argued that such plants could adversely affect the environment. Speaking to media in Chennai city, Technical Director of NPCIL, S A Bhardwaj said though they have constructed the plant imitating Russian design but it is based on Indian specifications. Indian authorities are considering various locations to store nuclear waste generated by atomic power plants, a senior official of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) said here Wednesday. "We are studying locations for storing nuclear waste generated by atomic energy plants. The waste will be in very small quantities and would be stored underground with no possibility of radiation," S.A. Bhardwaj, NPCIL technical director, told mediapersons after a scientific meet on 'Radiation and Cancer'.
According to him, states like Bihar and Haryana have expressed their willingness to house nuclear power plants. Stressing that the fast reactors are an integral part of India's policy to close the nuclear fuel cycle, Bhardwaj said: "We have to go for fast reactors as we do not have sufficient uranium. However, other countries are also planning to build fast reactors." Bhardwaj also said India was capable of handling nuclear disasters if at all they happen. "Nuclear power plant disasters are different from the likes of the Bhopal gas leak. In the case of nuclear power plant disasters, there will be sufficient time available for the people to take safety action. Further, the radiation level threshold stipulated in India for evacuating people is quite low which, in turn, is safe for people," he added. Bhardwaj said the radiation dosage from Indian nuclear plants is far less than the average background natural radiation that people are exposed to daily. Presenting the study on the health profile of employees of NPCIL, chief medical superintendent S.K.Jain said the employees working in nuclear power stations are not prone to any higher rate of occurrence of disease, particularly 'cancer', than the general public.
He said the average natural incident rate of cancer among the general public is 98.5 out of every 100,000 of population as against 54.05/lakh among the NPCIL employees. Jain said the mortality due to cancer, the average death rate in the general public is 68/lakh as compared to 29.05/lakh among NPCIL employees. Ruling out any linkage between nuclear power plants and cancer V. Rangarajan, head, Department of Bio-imaging at Tata Memorial Centre said the highest incidence of cancer is in the north-eastern states which do not have any atomic power plant. He said the incidence of cancer in cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore with nuclear power plants near them are similar to other cities that do not have any atomic power plants.
Citing a Canadian study on 17,700 workers of uranium mining, he said the workers are found to be keeping better health than the general public in that country. with a motive to receive feedback on the various policies which are to be incorporated in the budget for the financial year 2012-2013, Pranab Mukherjee will be holding a series of meetings with the industry bigwigs, sectoral experts and trade union leaders over the next three weeks. The Union minister has scheduled to hold a meeting with trade union leaders on January 16, while a meeting with the experts from the social sector is slated for the next day. Mukherjee would also hold discussions with the CEOs of banks and other financial institutions and take up issues like bank recapitalisation, access to affordable financial services and also interest rates. On January 20, Mukherjee would meet renowned economists to finalise policies for better growth in the future, since the growth dipped to 6.9 percent in the second quarter, the lowest in nine quarters.
Earlier, Mukherjee had presided over a meeting of the Cabinet committee on Parliamentary Affairs to finalise the date for the presentation of the budget. It is expected that the budget for 2012/13 will be presented after elections scheduled in five states. Setting the ball rolling, Krishna, who is the first Indian foreign minister to visit Israel in over a decade, called Israel a "natural ally" in all frontiers of science during his over one and half hour breakfast meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today, a rare gesture accorded to only dignitaries from countries sharing special relations with Israel. After his meeting with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman, Krishna termed his visit as "excellent and productive". "During our meeting we reviewed all areas of cooperation in our bilateral relations -- political, economic, scientific and cultural," he said. Krishna said India and Israel, who on Tuesday signed two treaties -- one on extradition and the other on transfer of sentenced persons -- face the common problem of terrorism.
"So I think we will have to work out a strategy as to how we address ourselves the scourge of international terrorism which has become the curse for the entire humanity. "I think are effort should be to checkmate it and ultimately eradicate terror from the face of the earth," Krishna said. The minister, who held a series of meetings with top Israeli leadership, including President Shimon Peres, during his visit starting Monday, said "India is also keen to have Israel as a partner in several other sectors in which innovation and cutting edge technologies are essential for our continued growth".
These sectors include water management, bio-technology, telecom, hi-tech industries, homeland security and several others, he emphasised. While the two sides discussed a number of bilateral and regional issues, both Krishna and officials said the focus was about setting the agenda for the next two decades. "The principal focus was on future. How we should move this relationship in future," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin told PTI. Asked about where he sees relations with India going, Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman said, "Our relations are excellent. What we see is a very positive tendency. We enjoy cooperation at many levels and I really hope that we would accomplish in the next five years more growth in all fields, including political level. "We have had positive engagement during the first twenty years and now want to further upgrade it". Liberman added, "What is really the most important thing is the determination and intention of both sides to deepen our bilateral relations in all fields". He said India has become one of the most popular destinations for young Israeli generation and "of course cooperation in the field of agriculture, water management and homeland security has become more efficient". Krishna pointed out that Indian economy provides immense potential and opportunity for the application of Israeli research as well as for Israeli investment. Krishna said a Free Trade Agreement was presently under negotiations and "we hope to finalise it soon". "Several other innovative ideas of promoting financial and technologic cooperation are also being explored. We are also keen to further enhance tourism from Israel to India and to intensify cultural exchanges and thus increase mutual understanding and goodwill," he said. Though diplomatic relations between Israel and India were set up only 20 years back, both sides have seen a steep increase in cooperation in all fields especially in trade and defence. The bilateral trade and economic relations have progressed rapidly in recent years. From a mere $200 million in 1992, the bilateral trade with Israel was expected to reach a $5 billion by last year-end. The figure does not include defence purchases.
Israel has also emerged as the second biggest defence supplier to New Delhi [ Images ] after Russia [ Images ]. From a buyer-seller relationship, both India and Israel are now trying to branch out to joint research and development initiatives. "Both sides are looking at going beyond buyer-seller relations. We are looking at joint investments not just in production but also research, I-T and bio-technology," an official source said giving an insight into the talks that Krishna held with Israeli leadership. Another area of discussion included energy as both the countries are trying to cooperate in renewable energy as well as wind energy. "The increasing idea is to do things together," the source said. Asked if increasing relations with Israel would affect ties with certain other countries that are not at good terms with Tel Aviv, a source said, "our relations with countries are based on our bilateral interest. A relation with a country does not affect our relations with any other country. We have states positions on world issues". Multinational Imperialist Nuclear Energy drive continues despite Mass Resistance. Nuclear liability Bill has already diluted compensation claims.Now India is in the process of holding technical level discussions with France and the US for its civil nuclear programmes!Worst ahead for euro zone, but it will survive!Global shares dawdle, euro struggles on funding worries! Fiscal deficit will be 'very significantly' worse than budgeted 4.6%: Montek Singh Ahluwalia. India no match for China on social indicators, says Amartya Sen.
India and Israel on Tuesday vowed to upgrade their relations in all fields and work out a joint strategy to "checkmate" terrorism, while deciding on a roadmap to elevate cooperation in multiple areas like defence, agriculture, trade and hi-tech over the next two decades. Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, began pre-budget consultations with several stakeholders, including agriculturists and economists on Wednesday in New Delhi.On the other way,Terming religion-based quota for Muslims as a "dirty gameplan" of the Congress to divide the nation again, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday said it will oppose any such move by launching a nation-wide mass movement and exposing the "dirty face" of its rival party. French n-regulator nod for Jaitapur's EPR nuclear reactors!Technical Director of Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Limited (NPCIL), S A Bhardwaj on Wednesday termed the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu as the safest power plant in the world. "It is based on our specifications, what are our regulatory requirements, what are the Indian requirements and this plant therefore has been typically designed for us. To my mind as being a nuclear technologist, this is the safest nuclear power plant of the world," he said. Despite repeated assurances, residents of Kundakulam have stepped up their protests in the past few weeks, aiming to ratchet up pressure on the government to shutdown the Kudankulam project, fearing a possible recurrence of the recent disaster witnessed in the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. Bhardwaj further stressed that the plant does not pose any serious threat to the people of the state.
"There are rays which we use for purifying water that we use in plant, they will have some radioactivity. So this is the type of waste which a nuclear power station generates and these are very convenient to handle and they are handled right in the plant," he said. Highlighting the need of nuclear power plants, Bhardwaj said at this point of time when prices of oil and gas prices are surging at fast pace, country needs such projects, which are cost and energy efficient. "India is getting into the deep crises of power, deep crises because of the coal unavailability and oil and gas, as you know everyday the prices are going up. So nuclear is the answer. Yes, we will have as much of the solar power, as much of wind possible but that does not satisfy our need, therefore this is the demand of India," he added. The project has also met the approval of former Indian President and country's eminent nuclear scientist, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who has vouched for the safety standards set up at the plant after visiting the site to check the existing mechanisms.
Established in a joint collaboration between India and Russia, the Kudankulam nuclear power project envisages to build two 1,000 MW VVER type reactors by end of December 2011. However, in the wake of the Fukushima incident, several nuclear projects across India, such as the one at Jaitapur in western Maharashtra state, have run into rough weather as protesting locals and activists argued that such plants could adversely affect the environment. Speaking to media in Chennai city, Technical Director of NPCIL, S A Bhardwaj said though they have constructed the plant imitating Russian design but it is based on Indian specifications. Indian authorities are considering various locations to store nuclear waste generated by atomic power plants, a senior official of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) said here Wednesday. "We are studying locations for storing nuclear waste generated by atomic energy plants. The waste will be in very small quantities and would be stored underground with no possibility of radiation," S.A. Bhardwaj, NPCIL technical director, told mediapersons after a scientific meet on 'Radiation and Cancer'.
According to him, states like Bihar and Haryana have expressed their willingness to house nuclear power plants. Stressing that the fast reactors are an integral part of India's policy to close the nuclear fuel cycle, Bhardwaj said: "We have to go for fast reactors as we do not have sufficient uranium. However, other countries are also planning to build fast reactors." Bhardwaj also said India was capable of handling nuclear disasters if at all they happen. "Nuclear power plant disasters are different from the likes of the Bhopal gas leak. In the case of nuclear power plant disasters, there will be sufficient time available for the people to take safety action. Further, the radiation level threshold stipulated in India for evacuating people is quite low which, in turn, is safe for people," he added. Bhardwaj said the radiation dosage from Indian nuclear plants is far less than the average background natural radiation that people are exposed to daily. Presenting the study on the health profile of employees of NPCIL, chief medical superintendent S.K.Jain said the employees working in nuclear power stations are not prone to any higher rate of occurrence of disease, particularly 'cancer', than the general public.
He said the average natural incident rate of cancer among the general public is 98.5 out of every 100,000 of population as against 54.05/lakh among the NPCIL employees. Jain said the mortality due to cancer, the average death rate in the general public is 68/lakh as compared to 29.05/lakh among NPCIL employees. Ruling out any linkage between nuclear power plants and cancer V. Rangarajan, head, Department of Bio-imaging at Tata Memorial Centre said the highest incidence of cancer is in the north-eastern states which do not have any atomic power plant. He said the incidence of cancer in cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore with nuclear power plants near them are similar to other cities that do not have any atomic power plants.
Citing a Canadian study on 17,700 workers of uranium mining, he said the workers are found to be keeping better health than the general public in that country. with a motive to receive feedback on the various policies which are to be incorporated in the budget for the financial year 2012-2013, Pranab Mukherjee will be holding a series of meetings with the industry bigwigs, sectoral experts and trade union leaders over the next three weeks. The Union minister has scheduled to hold a meeting with trade union leaders on January 16, while a meeting with the experts from the social sector is slated for the next day. Mukherjee would also hold discussions with the CEOs of banks and other financial institutions and take up issues like bank recapitalisation, access to affordable financial services and also interest rates. On January 20, Mukherjee would meet renowned economists to finalise policies for better growth in the future, since the growth dipped to 6.9 percent in the second quarter, the lowest in nine quarters.
Earlier, Mukherjee had presided over a meeting of the Cabinet committee on Parliamentary Affairs to finalise the date for the presentation of the budget. It is expected that the budget for 2012/13 will be presented after elections scheduled in five states. Setting the ball rolling, Krishna, who is the first Indian foreign minister to visit Israel in over a decade, called Israel a "natural ally" in all frontiers of science during his over one and half hour breakfast meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today, a rare gesture accorded to only dignitaries from countries sharing special relations with Israel. After his meeting with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman, Krishna termed his visit as "excellent and productive". "During our meeting we reviewed all areas of cooperation in our bilateral relations -- political, economic, scientific and cultural," he said. Krishna said India and Israel, who on Tuesday signed two treaties -- one on extradition and the other on transfer of sentenced persons -- face the common problem of terrorism.
"So I think we will have to work out a strategy as to how we address ourselves the scourge of international terrorism which has become the curse for the entire humanity. "I think are effort should be to checkmate it and ultimately eradicate terror from the face of the earth," Krishna said. The minister, who held a series of meetings with top Israeli leadership, including President Shimon Peres, during his visit starting Monday, said "India is also keen to have Israel as a partner in several other sectors in which innovation and cutting edge technologies are essential for our continued growth".
These sectors include water management, bio-technology, telecom, hi-tech industries, homeland security and several others, he emphasised. While the two sides discussed a number of bilateral and regional issues, both Krishna and officials said the focus was about setting the agenda for the next two decades. "The principal focus was on future. How we should move this relationship in future," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin told PTI. Asked about where he sees relations with India going, Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman said, "Our relations are excellent. What we see is a very positive tendency. We enjoy cooperation at many levels and I really hope that we would accomplish in the next five years more growth in all fields, including political level. "We have had positive engagement during the first twenty years and now want to further upgrade it". Liberman added, "What is really the most important thing is the determination and intention of both sides to deepen our bilateral relations in all fields". He said India has become one of the most popular destinations for young Israeli generation and "of course cooperation in the field of agriculture, water management and homeland security has become more efficient". Krishna pointed out that Indian economy provides immense potential and opportunity for the application of Israeli research as well as for Israeli investment. Krishna said a Free Trade Agreement was presently under negotiations and "we hope to finalise it soon". "Several other innovative ideas of promoting financial and technologic cooperation are also being explored. We are also keen to further enhance tourism from Israel to India and to intensify cultural exchanges and thus increase mutual understanding and goodwill," he said. Though diplomatic relations between Israel and India were set up only 20 years back, both sides have seen a steep increase in cooperation in all fields especially in trade and defence. The bilateral trade and economic relations have progressed rapidly in recent years. From a mere $200 million in 1992, the bilateral trade with Israel was expected to reach a $5 billion by last year-end. The figure does not include defence purchases.
Israel has also emerged as the second biggest defence supplier to New Delhi [ Images ] after Russia [ Images ]. From a buyer-seller relationship, both India and Israel are now trying to branch out to joint research and development initiatives. "Both sides are looking at going beyond buyer-seller relations. We are looking at joint investments not just in production but also research, I-T and bio-technology," an official source said giving an insight into the talks that Krishna held with Israeli leadership. Another area of discussion included energy as both the countries are trying to cooperate in renewable energy as well as wind energy. "The increasing idea is to do things together," the source said. Asked if increasing relations with Israel would affect ties with certain other countries that are not at good terms with Tel Aviv, a source said, "our relations with countries are based on our bilateral interest. A relation with a country does not affect our relations with any other country. We have states positions on world issues". Multinational Imperialist Nuclear Energy drive continues despite Mass Resistance. Nuclear liability Bill has already diluted compensation claims.Now India is in the process of holding technical level discussions with France and the US for its civil nuclear programmes!Worst ahead for euro zone, but it will survive!Global shares dawdle, euro struggles on funding worries! Fiscal deficit will be 'very significantly' worse than budgeted 4.6%: Montek Singh Ahluwalia. India no match for China on social indicators, says Amartya Sen.
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