India, Dec. 18 -- The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill that aims to allow private sector in nuclear energy debars sharing of any information declared as "restricted" by the Central government under the watershed Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

The proposed law under section 39 prevents sharing of any information that is "detrimental to national security or public interest" and provides for specifics of the restricted information.

The sub-sections say restricted information includes location, quality and quantity of prescribed substance and transactions for their acquisition, anything about design and operation of the nuclear ...