Kill The Nuclear Disaster Bill

The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill is a cruel joke on the Indian people. A nuclear disaster can be many times worse than Bhopal – and, since the scale of the disaster cannot be foreseen, the total damages to be paid cannot be capped. I have linked here to the Rediff story; do read the comments.

Also, the Bill seeks to indemnify the suppliers of equipment – from the US – while placing all liability on the State, and the State-owned operator of the nuclear facilities. This is nonsense.

Tort laws are basic to any “rule of law society” – and we do not have them. When buildings collapse, when liquor sold is poisonous, when medicines are spurious, when food is adulterated, when traffic accidents occur – in all these instances relief in torts must be obtained. Thus, a nuclear disaster should be treated like any other damage arising out of negligence and the compensation must be paid out according to the scale of the damage. There is no case made out for capping the total compensation or indemnifying foreign equipment suppliers.

Kill this Bill.

All this goes to show that democratic legislation is NOT the solution to our problems. We need a “private law society” – as I have recently argued.

Anyway, as an aside, it is interesting to note that Chacha Manmohan S Gandhi is to receive a World Statesman Award from some Jewish outfit in the USSA. Yes, he is certainly a Man of the State. He is no politician. He has always been a baboon in State employ, never having earned a farthing in his entire life from The Market. This “nuclear deal” with the US State is his biggest “achievement” in two terms. And, as the proposed Bill on civil liability suggests, it is a sellout of the Indian people to the interests of the State. Not only the Indian State but the US State as well.

We don’t need “statesmen.” We need real “politicians” who create and sustain a “body politic” – like good Mayors, who are also respected businessmen.

Chacha Manmohan S Gandhi, his Chacha State, and their Central Parliament must all go.

Say “NO” to all democratic legislation.

Private law is all we need.

PS: Off on a driving holiday tomorrow. So no posts for a few days. Read some of the e-books. Or check out posts under the label "civil government" and "subsidiarity." Wish me good roads and happy driving.