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Sir, the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 says:
"Atomic energy means energy released from atomic nuclein as a result of any process including any fission and fusion processes."
Fission is not in the Explosive Substances Act; it is only fusion that is being taken into account. If my knowledge is correct, as I said I am not a Physicist, so what I would like to say is… (Interruptions)
MR. CHAIRMAN : There is a difference between a scientist and a police officer. He is a Scientist.
SHRI ANADI SAHU : Sir, I, being a Police Officer, am not going into the realities of facts. We have an Atomic Energy Act itself where penal provisions are there. In case it is necessary, as he has indicated about Taliban and that we should take action against them, it can come within the purview of the Explosive Substances Act. There will be no difficulty at all. But it would require the amendment of the Atomic Energy Act itself to bring all these provisions into the purview of the Explosive Substances Act.
As I said earlier, there are two types of explosives – one is explosive substances and the second is special category explosive substances. So far as the explosive substances are concerned, stringent provisions have not been indicated. But so far as the special category explosive substances are concerned, that is the second category, stringent punishment has been indicated because that is creating or causing much devastation in the present Indian society.
I would invite your attention to POTO. Why has POTO been brought in? It is brought in because it is necessary to curb the activities of terrorists and the normal laws of the land are not adequate enough to curb these activities. That is why the special provisions have been brought in. The difference between the Explosive Substances (Amendment) Act and the POTO is that the latter it is a sunset law; POTO is a sunset law whereas this is a continuous process, till it is amended. But I may inform that this amending provision is more stringent than the POTO itself.