New Delhi:
Union Minister Jitendra Singh has answered several questions on two key developments concerning the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The NPCIL had said there had been no breach of sensitive data at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), and the Department of Space (DoS) had issued a directive to ISRO, tightening rules on voluntary retirement and resignations amid a mass exodus in the Indian space agency.
To a question about the ISRO memo, Singh said it was “for administrative reasons” and not because of any other factor.
“No, that is because… that is for administrative reasons so that the decision can be taken at a much mature level,” the Union Minister of State for Science and Technology told reporters. He said ISRO has a very large workforce that as people leave, many also join. “Many have gone, many have come,” he said, and pointed out there was no controversy on the matter.
He also indicated the whole noise about the KKNPP actually had nothing to do with the strategic facility, and questioned the need for a review when nothing had happened in the first place.
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