France, Russia looking towards India for nuke-collaboration

Hyderabad, Nov 18 (PTI) France and Russia are among
several other countries which are looking towards
collaborating with India on nuclear power for global markets,
Principal Scientific Adviser to the Indian Government R
Chidambaram said Thursday.
As a result of the Indo-US Nuclear agreement, Nuclear
Supplier guidelines have undergone few changes, following
which many countries, including France and Russia, are talking
about partnering with India, he said delivering a talk on
'Energy Technology, Energy Security and Climate Change' at the
College of Defence Management (CDM) here.
"They (France and Russia) are not just looking at
India as a temporary market but they are all looking for
joining (partnership) with India and looking for global
markets not only in nuclear power but other sectors,"
Chidambaram said.
"And that's what we should aim for...to reach for
global markets as for as possible with our own efforts and
later with international collaboration," he said.
After the Indo-US nuclear deal, projections on nuclear
power have been raised and it (nuclear) is expected over
60,000 mw by 2032 while till 2020 nuclear power was projected
at 20,000 mw, the former director of Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre said.
"Export oriented IT service has created lot of wealth
in the country, but if you want to think of India as a
developed country you have to become a global leader in
manufacturing," he emphasised.
Quoting a report issued by the Deloitte Global
Manufacturing Industry group and the US Council on
Competitiveness, Chidambaram said they have put India on the
second rank after China in the Global Manufacturing
Competitiveness Index for 2010.