PARLIAMENT QUESTION: IMPLEMENTATION CONCERNS OF SHANTI ACT

• SHANTI Act = Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Act, 2025 — received Presidential assent on 21 December 2025, replacing the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Act, 2010.
• Opens India's nuclear sector to private firms and joint ventures for production, use and disposal of nuclear energy under a Central Government licence + safety authorisation by the regulatory board.
• Parliament Question of 29 January 2026 (Department of Atomic Energy) addressed concerns on security, safeguards, waste disposal, decommissioning and civil nuclear damage compensation.