PM: Delhi committed to N-energy

New Delhi: Even as the India-US civilian nuclear deal remains mired in domestic politics, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said the government was committed to further development of nuclear and other alternative sources of energy that could help the country achieve energy security.

"We must also further develop our nuclear energy potential," Singh said while laying the foundation stone of the 1,500 MW Pragati power project in Bawana, just outside Delhi.

"Our government is committed to further development of nuclear energy both as an environment-friendly source of power and as a means of widening the energy basket available to us," he stressed amid reports that the government has cut allocations for nuclear energy in the budget for 2008-2009.