The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the Atomic Energy Bill, 2025 , also known as the SHANTI Bill (Sustainable Harnessing of Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India), making a significant policy shift that will allow private sector participation in India’s nuclear power industry for the first time.

The Cabinet decision taken on December 12 at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will now see the Bill introduced in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. The move aims to diversify clean energy sources and accelerate capacity expansion under India’s long-term nuclear roadmap. Opening up a tightly regulated sector

Until now, the nuclear power sector in India has been shut to private companies, with generation and large parts of the fuel cycle dominated b

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