New Delhi, July 14 -- Charting a path toward self-reliance in atomic energy forms the core of India's updated strategy to meet its net-zero emissions deadline by 2070. The parliamentary panel examining the sector evaluated operational expansion plans alongside new international fuel partnerships to counter domestic supply constraints.

Speaking to ANI, the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Medha Vishram Kulkarni, confirmed that the panel reviewed current nuclear operations and long-term capacity building.

"Today, the Science and Technology Committee held a very productive meeting," Kulkarni said. "Discussions focused on nuclear science, specifically atomic energ...