New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- Parliament by bringing in a new law - Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025 (Shanti Bill) - will dismantle decades of state dominance over its nuclear power sector, opening the industry to private companies.
The move is part of an ambitious push to make atomic energy central to the country's clean-energy transition. Among the players who have lined up investments in the sunrise sector are Adani, Tata Group, Jindal, Reliance, Vedanta and NTPC. Many of these players are already in talks with European, Russian and US based nuclear firms for a piece of the business which is now opening up.
The union Cabinet had passed the Shanti bill earlier this month, which allows pr...