Centre may have to pay Dabhol damages

 This is because the OPIC has a clause in its agreement with the Indian government on the DPC. The clause allows the OPIC to claim damages if there is a case of national expropriation.

 Senior government sources said the decision by an independent arbitration tribunal in the US asking the OPIC to pay claims of $ 28.57 million each to Bechtel Power Corporation and GE as political risk cover for the two companies