N-deal will let India collaborate with global community: Sibal
Union science and technology minister Kapil Sibal said on Tuesday that the nuclear deal with the US was in fact about India collaborating with the international community.
By PTI |
BANGALORE: Union science and technology minister Kapil Sibal has said the nuclear deal with the US was in fact about India collaborating with the international community in civil nuclear energy and should not be seen as an agreement between New Delhi and Washington only.
���When we talk about Indo-US deal, it���s not about India and US, it���s about India and international community collaborating in civil nuclear energy. We are trying to see the deal in the context of India and United States, it���s not that at all���, Mr Sibal said at a China-India-US Science, Technology and Innovation workshop here on Tuesday.
���We are trying to get rid of the (technology) denial regime which we suffered from and because of this (technology denial) we are where we are today in technological terms���, he said. Stressing the benefits of the nuclear deal for India, Mr Sibal said New Delhi would be able to export its own nuclear reactors. ���We produce reactors which produce 200 MW which nobody else produces in the world,��� he said.
���If we don���t have the deal, we will not be able to export. It (the deal) helps us in our trade, helps us in our earnings,��� he said. ���We don���t have (sufficient) uranium. Our (nuclear) plants are running at less than 50 per cent capacity. It (the deal) helps us in generating electricity,��� he told reporters later in response to questions. ���Why people are against it (the deal), I don���t understand���.
According to him, the deal (if it is clinched) would offer an enormous opportunity for India in the field of science and technology. ���It opens up floodgates of collaboration between universities and between private enterprises,��� he said, adding hopefully it would also eventually lead to lifting of the ban on the use of dual-use technology. The deal would also quicken the pace of collaboration in the areas of technolgy and also in transfer of technology, Mr Sibal said.
���It���s an enormous opportunity for India. If we lose this opportunity today, it perhaps may not come back to us,��� the Minister cautioned.
���When we talk about Indo-US deal, it���s not about India and US, it���s about India and international community collaborating in civil nuclear energy. We are trying to see the deal in the context of India and United States, it���s not that at all���, Mr Sibal said at a China-India-US Science, Technology and Innovation workshop here on Tuesday.
���We are trying to get rid of the (technology) denial regime which we suffered from and because of this (technology denial) we are where we are today in technological terms���, he said. Stressing the benefits of the nuclear deal for India, Mr Sibal said New Delhi would be able to export its own nuclear reactors. ���We produce reactors which produce 200 MW which nobody else produces in the world,��� he said.
���If we don���t have the deal, we will not be able to export. It (the deal) helps us in our trade, helps us in our earnings,��� he said. ���We don���t have (sufficient) uranium. Our (nuclear) plants are running at less than 50 per cent capacity. It (the deal) helps us in generating electricity,��� he told reporters later in response to questions. ���Why people are against it (the deal), I don���t understand���.
According to him, the deal (if it is clinched) would offer an enormous opportunity for India in the field of science and technology. ���It opens up floodgates of collaboration between universities and between private enterprises,��� he said, adding hopefully it would also eventually lead to lifting of the ban on the use of dual-use technology. The deal would also quicken the pace of collaboration in the areas of technolgy and also in transfer of technology, Mr Sibal said.
���It���s an enormous opportunity for India. If we lose this opportunity today, it perhaps may not come back to us,��� the Minister cautioned.
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