New Delhi, July 22 -- Union Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office and Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, highlighted the country's nuclear plans.

According to a release by the Department of Atomic Energy, India's plan to expand its nuclear energy sector to reach a generation capacity of 100 gigawatts electric (GWe) by 2047 supports the vision of Viksit Bharat and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2070.

This strategy forms the core of the Nuclear Energy Mission (NEM) announced in the Union Budget 2025-26, which targets the development and operationalisation of at least five indigenous Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) by 2033.

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