The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, passed in both Houses of Parliament during the Winter Session, will dismantle India’s carefully built nuclear safety and accountability framework and opens the most hazardous energy sector to large-scale private and foreign participation, the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE), the platform of 10 central trade unions and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said here in a joint statement on Thursday (December 16, 2025).
They said the existing Atomic Energy Act ensured strict public control over civilian nuclear activities due to their strategic and catastrophic risks. “The SHANTI Bill replaces this with a profit-driven licensing regime, opening major segments of the nuclear value chain to private operators. This marks a decisive shift towards privatisation of nuclear operations while putting the entire burden of risks over the people and the nation,” the trade unions and farmers’ outfits said and their constituents would demonstrate at all workplaces and villages on December 23, opposing the “draconian” SHANTI Bill.
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