Government said that there is no pressure from the United States for bringing the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Mr Chavan said that under the present system no Indian private entity can transact nuclear business with any foreign enterprise and therefore the government is the sole authority to conduct nuclear business under the civil nuclear agreement which ended India's nuclear apartheid. He added that the need to bring such legislation was felt following the Bhopal Gas tragedy and it will safeguard the interests of Indian citizens.