PARLIAMENT QUESTION: IMPACT OF INDO–US NUCLEAR AGREEMENT

• The India–US Civil Nuclear Agreement (123 Agreement) of 2008 ended India's three-decade nuclear apartheid post-Pokhran (1974) and enabled fuel/reactor imports under IAEA safeguards.
• Direct outcomes: 16 reactors (6,380 MW) under IAEA safeguards fuelled by imports; nuclear generation rose from 16,956 MU (2007-08) to 56,681 MU.
• Catalysed the Nuclear Energy Mission (2025) targeting 100 GW by 2047 and the SHANTI Act, 2025 opening the sector to private players.