PARLIAMENT QUESTION: IMPLICATIONS OF SHANTI ACT

• SHANTI Act = Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Act, 2025 — overhaul of India's nuclear legal architecture replacing two legacy laws.
• Opens nuclear power generation, fuel cycle activities and R&D to private sector & joint ventures for the first time since 1962.
• Grants statutory status to AERB and reworks the civil nuclear liability regime.
• Examinable across GS-II (Polity/Governance), GS-III (Energy, Science & Tech) and current affairs.