New Delhi: In a big push to the civil nuclear sector and paving the way for entry of private players, the Union cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared the Atomic Energy bill 2025 Friday, two government sources told ThePrint.

Titled SHANTI (Sustainable Harnessing of Advancement of Nuclear Technology for India), the bill will be introduced in Parliament next week. One of the government sources said it will be a comprehensive umbrella bill that will allow private companies in areas like atomic mineral exploration and equipment manufacturing among others.

“Getting private players into the more closed-off sectors has been the aim of the government. We have done that with the space sector as well. This bill will move India’s nuclear sector from a purely government-controlled ec

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