Govt’s ‘U-turn’ on amending CNLD Act aimed toward appeasing French, US companies: Cong

The Congress on Monday, 10 February, alleged that the Modi authorities’s announcement that it’ll amend the Civil Legal responsibility for Nuclear Harm Act 2010 was a “U-turn” aimed toward appeasing French and American corporations since Prime Minister Narendra Modi is travelling to those two international locations over the subsequent 4 days.

Congress normal secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh recalled that on 8 February 2015, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs issued a booklet referred to as ‘Often Requested Questions and Solutions on Civil Legal responsibility for Nuclear Harm Act 2010 and associated points’.

“Q3 mentioned the next: ‘Has India agreed to amend its Civil Legal responsibility for Nuclear Harm Act of 2010 (CNLD Act 2010) and the CNLD Guidelines of 2011? If not now, would they be amended sooner or later?’ The Reply given to this Query by the Modi Govt then was the next: ‘There isn’t any proposal to amend the Act or the Guidelines.’,” Ramesh mentioned on X.

On 1 February 2025, the finance minister in her Funds speech introduced that this Act might be amended, he mentioned.

“The U-turn has been achieved clearly to appease French and American corporations because the PM is travelling to those two international locations over the subsequent 4 days,” Ramesh alleged and identified that negotiations with these corporations have been occurring for over 15 years.

“The Civil Legal responsibility for Nuclear Harm Act, 2010, was handed after appreciable dialogue each out and in of Parliament. As chief of the Opposition within the Rajya Sabha, the late Arun Jaitley, had performed an vital function in crafting this regulation,” the Congress chief mentioned.

Modi might be in France from 10-12 February to co-chair the AI Motion Summit with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Prime Minister Modi will even pay a two-day working go to to the US from 12 February throughout which he’ll maintain a bilateral assembly with President Donald Trump and work together with enterprise leaders and members of the Indian group.