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[majesticpankaj]

WASHINGTON: The US, which imposed curbs on trade with defence entities like ISRO and DRDO following India's nuclear tests in 1998, has set in motion regulatory changes to lift the ban soon, thus fulfilling a commitment made by President Barack Obama.

A formal notification to lift the ban by the US Department of Commerce for this purpose is in advanced stage, top US officials said.

"These regulatory changes will begin the transformation of the bilateral export control policies to realise the full potential of the strategic partnership between our two countries," Eric Hirschhorn, Under Secretary for Industry and Security, US Department of Commerce, told PTI.

But he did not give any time line for the removal of restrictions, which is eagerly awaited in India.

However, official sources said a formal notification in this regard could well be issued before the scheduled India visit of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke from February 6-11.

US imposed curbs on trade with these defence entities in the wake nuclear tests carried out by India in 1998.

"The Department of Commerce is working quickly to publish a regulation that will remove Indian space and defence-related entities from the Entity List and enact other India-specific export control changes," a senior US official said.

They clarified these notifications would be India specific.

"We have a separate track on these issues in partnership with India," another Administration official said.

"As you'll recall, in New Delhi, the President together with the Prime Minister announced a resolution of unilateral export control issues and the President announced his support for India in multilateral fora. That has not changed and we continue to move forward on those steps," the official said.

Obama, during his India visit, had assured India that he would remove these companies from the entities list.

"Commensurate with India's nonproliferation record and commitment to abide by multilateral export control standards, the US will remove all civil space and defence-related entities from the Department of Commerce "Entity List."

"Inclusion on this list generally triggers an export license requirement when exported," said a fact sheet issued by the White House during the Obama visit.

Read more: US likely to lift ban on ISRO, DRDO soon - The Times of India US likely to lift ban on ISRO, DRDO soon - The Times of India

 

[PRACTICAL PATRIOT]

i honestly dont know how this is going to affect DRDO and ISRO but this shows me clear signs of F-18 in MMRCA.
USA never gives anything for free.

 

[GUNS-N- ROSES]

its pure buissness interests nothing else.

 

[blackops]

Well this is a good news because we are not left with much russian engines for our space programs plus the russian engines are not good in quality which was seen in the failure of one our satellites

 

[blackops]

i honestly dont know how this is going to affect DRDO and ISRO but this shows me clear signs of F-18 in MMRCA.
USA never gives anything for free.

isro will be helped as we can buy new engines from them the russian engines taht we use are not of very good quality

 

[GUNS-N- ROSES]

Well this is a good news because we are not left with much rusdian engines for our space programs pkus the russian engines are not good in quality which was seen in the failure of one our satelites

its true that we have only 02 cryogenic engines left, but russian engines are good as seen from other successfull launches. its not right to blame russian technology wen the actual cause of accident is not known. i request u not pass off the cuff remarks.

 

[blackops]

its true that we have only 02 cryogenic engines left, but russian engines are good as seen from other successfull launches. its not right to blame russian technology wen the actual cause of accident is not known. i request u not pass off the cuff remarks.

i wrote which was seen in the failure of on of our satellites and we all know how many successfull launches we have done with those engines

 

[blackops]

its true that we have only 02 cryogenic engines left, but russian engines are good as seen from other successfull launches. its not right to blame russian technology wen the actual cause of accident is not known. i request u not pass off the cuff remarks.

and the reason for the failure is known Debris from the rocket, which launched from the Sriharikota rocket launch center, crashed into the Bay of Bengal. ISRO officials said that the rocket was on its proper trajectory for the first 50 seconds, until a blast was detected from its Russian-built cryogenic engine.