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The Congress connected Saturday (December 20, 2025) alleged that the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill was "bulldozed" successful Parliament lone to assistance Prime Minister Narendra Modi “restore SHANTI” with his “once bully friend”.
Stepping stone: On atomic policy, the SHANTI Bill
Congress wide caput Jairam Ramesh said the SHANTI Bill does distant with cardinal provisions of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, a interest raised successful the United States’ National Defence Authorisation Act for 2026.
Stating that U.S. President Donald Trump has conscionable signed the National Defence Authorisation Act for the US fiscal twelvemonth 2026, Ramesh said successful a station connected X, "The Act is 3,100 pages long. Page 1,912 has a notation to the associated appraisal betwixt the United States and India connected Nuclear Liability Rules.”
President Trump has conscionable signed the National Defence Authorization Act for the US Fiscal Year 2026.
The Act is 3100 pages long. Page 1912 has a notation to the associated appraisal betwixt the United States and India connected Nuclear Liability Rules.
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“Now we cognize for definite wherefore the Prime Minister bulldozed the SHANTI Bill done Parliament earlier this week that, among different things, did distant with cardinal provisions of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010, that had been passed unanimously by Parliament”, the station said.
“It was to reconstruct SHANTI with his erstwhile bully friend. The SHANTI Act whitethorn good beryllium called the TRUMP Act - The Reactor Use and Management Promise Act,” Mr. Ramesh claimed.
The U.S. Act connected leafage 1,912 has a conception nether the heading ‘Joint appraisal betwixt the United States and India connected Nuclear liability rules’.
It says, “The Secretary of State, successful consultation with the heads of different applicable Federal departments and agencies, shall found and support wrong the U.S.-India Strategic Security Dialogue a associated consultative mechanics with the Government of the Republic of India that convenes connected a recurring ground – “(A) to measure the implementation of the Agreement for Cooperation betwixt the Government of the United States of America and the Government of India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, signed astatine Washington, October 10, 2008 (TIAS 08–1206)”.
"(B) to sermon opportunities for the Republic of India to align home atomic liability rules with planetary norms; (C) to make a strategy for the United States and the Republic of India to prosecute bilateral and multilateral diplomatic engagements related to analysing and implementing those opportunities,” it added.
Speaking connected the Bill successful Rajya Sabha, Mr. Ramesh had urged the authorities not to beforehand the backstage assemblage astatine the outgo of the nationalist assemblage successful gathering atomic powerfulness infrastructure, and called for encouraging the disposable indigenous exertion to boost the vigor capableness successful the country.
He besides said that backstage firms cannot beryllium the maturation motor of the atomic assemblage arsenic they cannot beryllium brought implicit the country's PSUs.
The Parliament connected Thursday (December 18) passed the atomic vigor Bill, with the Rajya Sabha giving its motion to the authorities seeking to unfastened the tightly-controlled civilian atomic assemblage for backstage participation.
The Upper House passed the SHANTI Bill by a dependable vote, portion rejecting respective amendments moved by the absorption members to nonstop the projected authorities to a parliamentary committee.
It was passed successful the Lok Sabha connected Wednesday (December 17).
Replying to a treatment connected the Bill, Minister of State for Atomic Energy, Jitendra Singh, said it aims to marque India self-reliant successful atomic vigor and trim dependence connected different sources of energy.
