Updated: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 23:05 (IST) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that India’s nuclear power sector will now be opened up to private companies. The government aims to produce 100 GW of nuclear power by 2047. For this, the Atomic Energy Bill 2025 will be introduced in the winter session, which will allow the private sector to enter nuclear energy production. Currently, this area is only under the control of the central government. PM Modi’s big announcement, nuclear power sector to open for private ventures (file photo) Digital Desk, New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that India’s hitherto tightly controlled nuclear power sector will soon be opened up to private companies. PM Modi made this announcement through video conferencing during the inauguration program of Skyroot Aerospace’s ‘Infinity Campus’ in Hyderabad. Remove ads Read only news He said that this major step will further strengthen the energy security of the country and give a new direction to the technological leadership. PM Modi said the government is working with the target of producing 100 GW of nuclear power by 2047. Currently, the country’s capacity is 8.8 GW, which means the target is more than 10 times the current capacity. The bill will be introduced in the winter session. The Prime Minister said that this change will create many new opportunities in areas such as small modular reactor, advanced reactor and nuclear innovation. The government is going to table the Atomic Energy Bill 2025 in the winter session of Parliament starting from December 1. This bill would give legal permission to the private sector to enter nuclear power generation. Earlier, in the budget presented in February, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced changes in the Nuclear Liability Act. Currently, under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962, private companies or state governments are not allowed to operate nuclear power plants, and this right rests only with the Central Government and its companies.