New Delhi,22 May:The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today gave its approval for authorising the Board of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. to initiate the process of Land Acquisition for future Nuclear Power Projects, as a pre-project activity, in advance of project financial sanction, after a site for locating nuclear power plants. It has also been approved by CCPA and CCS.
The authorisation would considerably shorten the duration of project implementation as a result of advance actions in acquisition of land through the state machinery which involves lengthy procedures.