♦ President Droupadi Murmu has granted assent to the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill on 21 December 2025.

♦ The SHANTI Bill subsumes all existing laws governing the civil nuclear sector and opens it up to private companies. It repeals the Atomic Energy Act of 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010, which the government said had emerged as impediments to the growth of nuclear power in the country. 

♦ Under the new framework, private companies as well as joint ventures will be permitted to build, own, operate and decommission nuclear power plants, subject to licensing and oversight by the government.