The much-debated Nuclear Liability Bill, crucial for operationalising the India-US civil nuclear deal, is to be tabled in the Lok Sabha, tomorrow.The Bill envisages a cap on the liability of a private operator in the civil nuclear energy sector in case of any accident or disaster. It also seeks to provide for civil liability for nuclear damage, appointments of claims Commissioner and establishment of Nuclear Damage Claims Commission. It pegs the maximum amount of liability in case of each nuclear accident at 300 crore rupees to be paid by the operator of the nuclear plant. However, the draft bill also has provisions that would enable the government to either increase or decrease the amount of liability of any operator.AIRcorrespondent reports,it would be a tough task for the government to get the bill passed as BJP and Left parties have already indicated opposition to the Bill in its present form which they allege, is in favour of foreign operators.AIR correspondent reports that though the celebrations in Congress on the passage of the women’s reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha is hardly over, the re-energised Opposition is now all set to intervene decisively in Manmohan Singh’s policy menu and its first impact could be felt, when the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill is tabled in the Lok Sabha. Twenty months after left parties withdrew support to the government,it is in no mood to reconsider any aspect of it, as prime minister's personal approach drew a negative response. Dr Manmohan Singh, who is hoping to get it passed before he travels to Washington next month to attend nuclear security summit, sent National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon to take BJP leader Arun Jaitley into confidence, while he chose to talk to leader in the Loksabha,Sushma Swaraj ,himself. With opposition leaders having serious reservations on the liability clause,the rebellion by the Yadav chieftains has made the government critically dependent for support on BSP supremo Mayawati, a jailed Madhu Koda , expelled SP member Jaya Prada, apart from its own ally but angry Mamata Banerjee.The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill is critical for US companies to start nuclear business in India and if delayed,is sure to impact India's quest for clean energy.Minister of State for Atomic Energy, Prithviraj Chavan said that though the government and the Prime Minister were keen to pass the Bill as soon as possible, the expectation was that it would go to Standing Committee for scrutiny. Mr Chavan said the government would, however, approach Speaker Meira Kumar to have a discussion on it immediately.In a related development the United States has expressed happiness over government's decision to go ahead with Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 in Parliament. In an interview with Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake said he is happy to learn it and Washington will be following the progress of that legislation very closely.