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100			_aRabbi, Md. Fazle _93369
245			_aDynamics of nuclear energy policies in India: _ba case study on the emergence of nuclear safety regulatory authority
260			_c2018
300			_ap.664-685.
520			_aThis study analyses the dynamics of nuclear energy policies in India by using Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET) and examines the emergence of India’s Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority (NSRA) bill as an outcome of punctuation of policy equilibrium. In doing so, the initial part of the study focuses on origin, diffusion and antecedents of independent regulatory agencies (IRAs) to position PET as a theoretical framework, and in the latter part, we analyse the phenomenon of the emergence of the NSRA bill in light of PET. The study finds that the dynamics of nuclear energy policies in India follow a pattern inscribed in the PET and the emergence of NSRA bill can be ascribed to the punctuation of a long sustaining policy equilibrium maintained from 1948 to 2010. The active engagement of multiple policy venues such as the Parliament and the judiciary, an unprecedented level of public protest and increased media attention triggered by the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident in 2011 catalysed the end of an equilibrium and compelled the policymakers to introduce a bill for establishing an independent regulatory agency, that is, NSRA, to oversee nuclear safety in India. - Reproduced.
650			_aRegulatory agencies _93345
650			_aAdministrative agencies _9561
650			_aNuclear energy - Regulation - Policy - India _93370
650			_aNuclear Safety Regulatory Authority _93371
700			_aSabharwal Meghna _93372
773			_aIndian Journal of Public Administration
906			_aNuclear energy - Policy - India
942			_2ddc _cAR