India to seek nuclear trade
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  • EAM Pranab Mukherjee stated that India would seek international nuclear commerce after the nuclear supplier group (NSG) lifted a decades-old ban on trading with India. He added that this would be after the deal is ratified by the US Congress. Mukherjee's comments came even as US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice urged India not to ignore US firms should the deal hit a roadblock at the current Congress session, which concluded at the end of the month. The EAM hailed the waiver by the NSG and the IAEA as "passports for India to enter into international nuclear trade."

    With India aiming to boost its share of nuclear power to 7 per cent by 2030, a host of companies from France, Russia, and the US have been jockeying for a slice of India's atomic market1.

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