INDIA USA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT STILL FACES ROCKY POLITICAL ROAD AHEAD

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi THE SUCCESSFUL completion of Indo-US Nuclear Deal continues to be in the realm of speculation as the stubborn communist allies of the ruling coalition government in New Delhi and the hostile rightwing opposition in the parliament have further hardened their stand. As Nuclear Engineering International went to press, the final draft of a specific safeguards agreement between India and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna was yet to be agreed, increasing the odds against the next step of taking the deal to ...


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