The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025 (SHANTI Bill), with the opposition staging a walkout over their demand to refer it to the Standing Committee.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs discussed India's trade relationship with China, the border situation and geostrategic concerns, and had a 360-degree view of the relationship between the two countries.
Speaking to reporters, Venugopal said, "The demand for this important legislation has to be thoroughly examined. That is why we are asking that it be sent to the standing committees. What is wrong with it?... The government did not want to have an in-depth discussion on these two major is
"Russia has been seeking diplomatic resolutions to contradictions and conflicts as long as there is the slimmest hope of success. Those who convinced themselves that Russia can be spoken to in the language of force are fully responsible for those missed opportunities," Putin said.
Vamsi's intervention came during a heated debate in parliament on Wednesday on a Bill seeking to open the civil nuclear sector to private participation, a move he described as "dangerous" and "against the interest of our country."
"There were certain objections made from some people which is contrary to the facts in the bill itself, and some observations were self-contradictory," Singh said while addressing the Lok Sabha.
Following the exchange, the House took up discussions on the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025.
Union Minister of Science and Technology, Atomic Energy, Jitendra Singh on Wednesday introduced 'The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha, which he termed as a historic bill which will transform the future of India and
The legislative business includes the introduction of two key bills: The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025, and The Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025. The latter bill aims to provide a sta
"For the past year, there has been repeated discussion in Bangladesh about separating the Northeast from India and making it a part of Bangladesh. India is a nuclear nation and the fourth-largest economy. The people of Bangladesh have a bad mindset. We shouldn't help them too much and sho
The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025, places nuclear power at the centre of India's long-term energy planning, with the government seeking to overhaul the legal framework that governs the sector. Likely to be introduced in th