Govt plans amendments to clear NTPC, NPCIL joint venture.

The Government is trying to bring in some amendments in the Atomic Energy Act to pave the way for the proposed joint venture between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. and NTPC to set up a nuclear power plant.

The joint venture is facing some legal issues, as under the law only the government or its agencies can take up activities in the atomic field, CBS Venkataramana, Additional Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, said.

Under the Atomic Energy Act, activities in the nuclear field are exclusively limited to the Union Government and PSUs owned by the Government.

'We have already submitted the amendments. The Law Ministry has approved them and it has to go before Parliament for approval,' Venkataramana said on the sidelines of the foundation day celebrations of the Nuclear Fuel Complex recently .

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