22/12/2025
India's nuclear-focused SHANTI Bill completes legislative process - one week after first being tabled, new unified legislation on nuclear energy has received presidential assent having been passed by both houses of the Indian parliament. The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill 2025 was tabled in the lower house, the Lok Sabha, on 15 December, and was approved on 17 December. The bill was then presented to the upper house, the Rajya Sabha, where it was approved on 18 December. President Droupadi Murmu granted assent to the bill - the final stage in the legislative process - on 20 December. The new bill repeals the two earlier laws and consolidates and modernises India's nuclear legal framework, enabling limited private participation in the nuclear sector under regulatory oversight. It also, amongst other things, grants statutory recognition to India's nuclear regulator, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.
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