Nuclear Deal and India

The Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006, also known as the "Hyde Act", is the legal framework for a bilateral pact between the US and India, under which the U.S. will provide access to civilian nuclear technology and access to nuclear fuel in exchange for International Atomic Energy Agency-safeguards on civilian Indian reactors. This act provides the legal basis for a 123 Agreement with India. The 123 agreement requires separate U.S. congressional approval and Indian cabinet approval and will define the exact terms and conditions for bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation.

So today Independent views will analyze the points creating controversies in this agreement..and wat's the hidden agenda behind it...

United States - A country which has ample of resources still it survives mainly on taxes and the arms deal. Indian subcontinent was always a disturbed zone..so America always had a buyer for its arsenal in this subcontinent..that's Pakistan...and always India was under its scanner..bjut with advent of Pervez Musharraf and successful ongoing talks regarding solving of bilateral issues between India and Pakistan..it virtually stopped the arms race..though still the both countries are the largest arms importer...but there was another problem rising on the horizon and that's China..and America wanted an ally in this subcontinent to have a check..so first they blew up Afghanistan..and set an nearby NATO command base and then it chose Pakistan..who was in eager demand of recognition and made it a NATO ally..but Indian economy sudden got a boom and India started to have ties wid gulf and other countries and started to expand it's arsenal of warcrafts..and America wanted to be on that purchase table of billion dollars arms sale..so America tapped on the weak point of India..yeah the energy crisis and ongoing Nuclear technology.. so it floated a new agreement bypassing NPT (Non- proliferation Treaty) and NSG (Nuclear suppliers group) to make India it's ally..

123 agreement has it multi role advantages for US..of which Independent views is gonna give you touch of few of that..
1) It will have direct access to India's nuclear technology which is hidden and under wraps coz India is no signatory of the NPT and IAEA
2) Stopping the enrichment program and thus indirectly halting India's military Nuclear Program
3) Booking a seat in Major Arms deal.
4) Have a check on China by making India a superpower and thus concentrating Chinese attention to India
5) Keep a check on Tehran - New Delhi ties.

But US is facing a problem to convince the congress coz supporting India's Nuclear program will make India a credible threat coz of it's foreign policy..as India is not any member of any allied group and has ties with most of the countries and they fear leaking of nuclear technology.



India - But in India..it's not the multirole advantage US is getting, but the problem is little bit different..
India has a fragile political system due to the multi-party democracy...so one of the allies , the left front of ruling coalition has a problem with the Nuclear deal and rest of the opposition is not agreeing coz it's their duty not to agree to the government..as they are the opposition and they jus get the literal meaning of it..
So what's the problem with Leftist...
They had made the enrichment issue their top agenda..that US in return wants India not to enrich the spent fuel which can be used as fuel for Nuclear Bomb..

But today Independent Views will give u an insight of the problem..
Actually left is fearing that making US as an ally will make India, a threat for Middle east countries or the gulf region. It is not that the fear that oil will be stopped..but CPI(M) is ruling party in Kerala...and a big junk of the Keralite population has their folks working in Iran and middle east, which the gulf countries have made clear that they wud make them all return back to India...So CPI(M) in Kerala knows that if the people are thrown out of the gulf countries ..they will throw away the government in Kerala..and will make CPI(M) a minor party..so they started the furore to stop India from signing in the Nuclear Deal, which may had checked the ongoing energy crisis in India..

So now ..Independent Views believe that reader's are abreast of the political and economic scenario regarding the Nuclear deal. Any question or criticism will be answered and adding up of views will be highly appreciated.

TATA Nano - The one lac Car

This year in Auto Expo 2008 in New Delhi..every one was waiting for the outcome of the TATA promise..their One Lac Car ( $ 2500) ..world's cheapest.
Amidst speculation by the rivals that TATA will come out with a scooter in a box..whose handle replaced by steering..TATA shut out every one's mouth to launch a highly spacious variant with
following specifications

1. 624cc petrol engine, 33 HP, 4-speed manual gear shift
2. 20km per litre mileage, upto 26km per litre on highway; 30 liter fuel tank
3. 4 door, 5-seater
4. 8% smaller than the Maruti 800 in length, but offers 21% more interior space!
5. Air conditioning, but no power steering
6. Rear engine, front boot

With the estimate of a one road price of Rs. 120 thousand after insurance and road tax...

Though the car has shut all the critics mouth...but INDEPENDENT VIEWS has its own view about it....

TATA Nano is indeed a good car..we just to wait for the field trial as like before TATA's petrol variants can't be trusted..so I don't think people will jump on the new car..without seeing how its engine behaving after the failure of Petrol modeled Indica..Since power steering is missing..it will not be that much easy to steer the car due to it's low engine power which will increase the inertia...

But INDEPENDENT VIEWS is all conncerened about the current situation of energy crisis.. Inspite of it being quite a fuel efficient..launching it in the nearly same segment of two wheelers..will persuade more people to go towards Nano rather than going for two wheelers coz of present economic uplifting of society..which has brought the car in every one's purchase range. .. More the car..more will be the petrol expenditure..and sooner we will go towards depletion of our resources..with an estimate of TATA's production capacity of 2-3 lac..it will speed up the depletion by at least 5 years in India..and present energy crisis ...US nuclear deal..and stalling of Indo-Iran pipeline..will just aggravate the seriousness..

But the situation is worsened with the announcement of Maruti Suzuki..that by the end of this year ..their 660 cc will be on the road...then it will be a competition..but number of car sale will go up coz the sale will not be limited to TATA only ..but Maruti will also be able to play a role in Demand-Supply chain..and it will make the situation more serious..

INDEPENDENT VIEWS is predicting that by 2011.. it will be a serious problem..not only for environment and as traffic congestion..but will hav serious implication as a political and economic fallout..as India harbors a billion people i.e. 1/6 of the world's population..and handing dem a low cost ..fuel consumer.. will have serious implications towards oil depletion and soaring of petrol prices..and I am damn sure that government is not currently equipped to face a energy crisis and this will only increase the common man's problem to maintain his own budget in that situation coz India is way behind in renewable resources..and it will pass it's burden on to the shoulders of common man...

God save India......
Sourish

Introduction

For long I have thought..that I should write what I feel about the current developments that are shaping up the world that I will be stepping to..without the protection of my parents..

Current world is changing real fast..dere is blood blood and blood everywhere..i dont know how many people wud be interested in knowing my views..but believe me It won't be only my views but it will be supported by the research and evidences that i will be collecting from various resources...It'll not be only about politics..but it wud be all policy decisions..right from the sports to the economy..every thing i will cover...

As always..the disclaimer goes

The current view is only and only mine..so don't get influenced without thinking about it.

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