Sci-Tech · 2 Aug 2026
With reference to the recent cost overruns in India's nuclear power projects, which of the following statements is correct?
Tests the ability to correctly attribute distinct causal mechanisms to two similar-sounding cost overruns rather than conflating them under one narrative.
Subscribe / Login in App →A Lok Sabha disclosure revealed a 55% cost overrun at Kudankulam and an even steeper 86% overrun at the indigenous Rawatbhata project, with fundamentally different underlying causes.
UPSC often tests whether aspirants can correctly attribute causation to the right project rather than conflating two similar-sounding cost overruns with a shared superficial narrative but distinct underlying mechanisms.
Kudankulam's cost overrun stems from Russia-Ukraine war-linked VVER supply chain disruption, while Rawatbhata's larger, indigenous PHWR overrun reflects domestic execution issues unrelated to the war - two distinct diagnoses requiring different policy fixes.
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