SHANTI likely to boost India’s nuclear power capacity
NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet’s approval for Atomic Energy Bill, officially titled the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025, which is set to be tabled in the winter session of Parliament, signals a huge policy shift in India’s atomic sector that is expected to accelerate civil nuclear energy production in the country.
Proposed amendments to the Atomic Energy Act 1962 and later in liability laws aim to attract private and foreign investment and overcome obstacles in the 2008 Indo-US Nuclear Deal by easing supplier liability concerns (CLNDA), potentially unlocking stalled US projects like Kovvada.
