 th~ atomic energy (amendment) bill, 1986 a bill further to amend the atomic energy act, 1962be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the atomic energy (amendment) act, short 1986 title and commence_ ment 5 (2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 21st day of sep!ember, 1962 33 of 1962 2 in section 6 of the atomic energy act, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act) ,-amendment of section 6 (a) in sub-section (2),-10 (i) for the words and figures "proposes to acquire it ,md upon the service of the notice and the payment of compensation in accordance with section 21", the words "proposes to compulsorily acquire it and upon the service of the notice" shall be substituted ; 15 (ii) the proviso shall be omitted; (b) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-to "(3) compensation in respect of acquisition under subsection (2) shall be paid in accordance with section 21 and in determlnlnr such eompensatlon reprd shall be had to the cost of productlod of sueh mineral, eoneentrate or other material and such other factors as may be relevant, but no accoudt shad be taken of the value of urauium lu its uaturaj state coutalaed therein" , after section 11 of the principal act, the following section shall be fnserted, namely: -5 insertion of new section lla removal of do'lbts "lla for the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the compulsory acquisition of any mineral, concentrate or other material under sub-section (2) of section 6, or of any substance, minerals, equipment or plant under sub-section (1) of section 11, shall not he deemed to be a sale for any purpose whatsoever" 10  statement of objects and reasonsclause 2 of the bill seeks to amend section 6 of the atomic energy act, 1962 retrospectively so as to provide that payment of compensation ror compulsory acquisition of minerals, concentrates and other materials under that section should, instead of being a condition precedent to their acquisition, be a condition to be given effect to after such minerals, concentrates or other materials become the property of the central government, so as to repel any doubt that compulsory acquisition of such minerals, concentrates and other materials under that section will amount to sale a new section lla is also proposed to be inserted retrospectively so as to make it clear beyond doubt that the compulsory acquisition under sections 6 and 11 shall not be deemed to be a sale for any purpose whatsoever new delhi; the 30th october, 1986 k r narayanan clause 2(b) of the bill se::ks to insert n new sub-section (3) in section () of the principal act so as to provide t~at th~ compensation for mineral, concentrate or other material becoming the property of the central government under ~ub-section (2) of section 6 shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of section 21 having regard to cert'lin factors specified therein 2 it is not possible to indicate with any degree of accuracy the e]l:penditure to be incurred from the coosolidated fund of india for payment of compensation as it wou~d depend on the 81tetnt to which the acquisition of the mineral, concentrate or oth~r material is nec~sary depending upon the programme for the atomic energy development in the country since the incidence of paym~nt of compensation under the proposed sub-section (3) and the existing provision in section 6 is the same, no additional expenditure from the consolidated fund of india is, therefore, anticipated   annexure extract i'nom: the atomic energy act, 1962' 6 (1) - (33 01' 1962) - - - - - - - disposal' of uranium (2) the central government may serve notice on any person who has prod·uced any mineral, concentrate or other material referred to in sub-section (1) that the central government proposes to acquire it and ui-0n the service of the notice and the payment of compensation in accordance with section 21, the mineral, concentrate or other material shan br~me the property of the central government and shall be delivered to the central government or as it may direct: provided that in determining the compensation regard shall be had to the cost of production of such mineral, coocentrate or other material anti such other factors as may be relevant, but no account shall be taken of the value of uranium in its natural stat'! contained therein  - - - - - a bill further to amend the atomic energy act, 1962 (shri k r narayanan, minister of state in the ministry of science & technology & department of ocean development, atomic energy, electronics and space) 