New Delhi, Nov. 23 -- A bill to allow private players in the nuclear energy sector and one to create a single regulatory body to regulate the higher education sector are among key legislations listed for introduction in winter session of Parliament, set to commence on December 1. According to a bulletin issued by the Lok Sabha, 10 bills have been listed by the government in its legislative agenda for the upcoming winter session of Parliament, scheduled to be held from December 1 to 19. The Atomic Energy Bill 2025 is set to allow private players in the tightly regulated sector where, so far, only reputed public sector companies could form joint ventures. NTPC has established NPUN, the NTPC ParnamuUrja Nigam, and plans to set up nuclear power plants across the country. The Higher Education Commission of India Bill, 2025 aims to set up a single regulator for higher education. It will subsume the University Grants Commission, the All India Council for Technical Education and the National Council for Teacher Education, ending the current system where institutions running teacher education, professional and general courses must approach multiple regulators for approvals and compliance. Medical and law education, regulated by National Medical Commission (NMC) and Bar Councilof India (BCI) respectively, willnot be brought under ambit of HECI, which is proposed to have three major roles - regulation, accreditation and setting professional standards in higher education. According to the bulletin, the bill aims "to enable and empower the universities and other higher educational institutions to achieve excellence in teaching-learning, research and innovation, through coordination and determination of standards in institutions for higher education or research and scientific and technical institutions". Other bills include The National Highways amendment bill to ensure faster land acquisition for highway projects. The government will make further amendments to the companies Act, 2013 and LLP Act, 2008 to facilitate Ease of Doing Business, it will repeal 120 obsolete laws and a bill to create a Securities Markets Code Bill (SMC), 2025. The government is also planning to bring the 131st Constitution amendment bill to include the Union Territory of Chandigarh under the ambit of Article 240 of the Constitution. The winter session will also see amendments to the insurance and arbitration laws and a bill to apply latest amendments of the GST law in Manipur. htc...