India and the United States share a language but are separated by everything else.
These days, media is quite excited about the bubbling effervescence of Modi-Obama chemistry.
Now most of this excitement is due to the so called break through on the Indo-US nuclear deal
A close survey of the civil nuclear deal reveals that no such agreement was signed and even the negotiations were left to private companies. But it remains unclear if the agreement will persuade U.S. companies to invest. Despite all the talk about Obama’s pivot to India and the two countries being natural partners, Washington and Delhi maintain distinct interests, some of which overlap but most of which don't. Let us assume that the talks work out but even then the reactors, which India is going to purchase from American companies, are not operational in any part of the world today - meaning that we do not have any idea of the associated risk.
Mycle Schneider, an independent international consultant on energy and nuclear policy, said, in a DW interview, that there is no real market for foreign nuclear companies in India, unless they bring their own funding. He added that the recent announcement is more about presenting both countries as equal partners than it is about the vision of a future blooming Indian nuclear export industry.
According to a survey the cost of the energy produced by US reactors will cost around 2000US$, while the cost of energy from the reactors which are operational in our country today cost 500US$ per megawatt.
All this will only help the dying US economy at the cost of expenditures by India, which we, as tax payers, pay. This goes to show that India has kneeled before the pressure from American companies. Apart from these favours that we have extended towards the United States of America, only two days after Obama’s visit, White House’s Press sScretary John Ernst refused to consider Afghan Taliban a terrorist group, which continuously plans terror attacks in India - directly contradicting the statement of Barack Obama, in which he considered all terrorist groups the same.
India wants the United States to apply its considerable pressure on Pakistan to get it to stop these activities. But Pakistan, not India, remains Washington’s vital ally in the region. Washington needs Pakistan’s back for U.S. operations in Afghanistan and will not push Islamabad too hard on matters important to India, such as suspending support for alleged extremist groups or convicting the perpetrators of attacks.This, in turn, limits Indo-US relations.
After all, it was only a year ago that US diplomats were expelled from New Delhi amid widespread public outrage over the treatment of an Indian diplomat (Devyani Khobragade) in New York; that the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, was still banned from entering the United States."
Thus US President Barack Obama's visit to India was more "symbolism" than substance amid "long-standing divisions".
Ankur Dhir
These days, media is quite excited about the bubbling effervescence of Modi-Obama chemistry.
Now most of this excitement is due to the so called break through on the Indo-US nuclear deal
A close survey of the civil nuclear deal reveals that no such agreement was signed and even the negotiations were left to private companies. But it remains unclear if the agreement will persuade U.S. companies to invest. Despite all the talk about Obama’s pivot to India and the two countries being natural partners, Washington and Delhi maintain distinct interests, some of which overlap but most of which don't. Let us assume that the talks work out but even then the reactors, which India is going to purchase from American companies, are not operational in any part of the world today - meaning that we do not have any idea of the associated risk.
Mycle Schneider, an independent international consultant on energy and nuclear policy, said, in a DW interview, that there is no real market for foreign nuclear companies in India, unless they bring their own funding. He added that the recent announcement is more about presenting both countries as equal partners than it is about the vision of a future blooming Indian nuclear export industry.
According to a survey the cost of the energy produced by US reactors will cost around 2000US$, while the cost of energy from the reactors which are operational in our country today cost 500US$ per megawatt.
All this will only help the dying US economy at the cost of expenditures by India, which we, as tax payers, pay. This goes to show that India has kneeled before the pressure from American companies. Apart from these favours that we have extended towards the United States of America, only two days after Obama’s visit, White House’s Press sScretary John Ernst refused to consider Afghan Taliban a terrorist group, which continuously plans terror attacks in India - directly contradicting the statement of Barack Obama, in which he considered all terrorist groups the same.
India wants the United States to apply its considerable pressure on Pakistan to get it to stop these activities. But Pakistan, not India, remains Washington’s vital ally in the region. Washington needs Pakistan’s back for U.S. operations in Afghanistan and will not push Islamabad too hard on matters important to India, such as suspending support for alleged extremist groups or convicting the perpetrators of attacks.This, in turn, limits Indo-US relations.
After all, it was only a year ago that US diplomats were expelled from New Delhi amid widespread public outrage over the treatment of an Indian diplomat (Devyani Khobragade) in New York; that the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, was still banned from entering the United States."
Thus US President Barack Obama's visit to India was more "symbolism" than substance amid "long-standing divisions".
Ankur Dhir
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