With plans to commission 20 plants, India looks to tap nuclear power faster

Recent government announ­ce­ments on accelerating the use of nuclear power in India suggests a significant increase in the pace.
 

Earlier in January, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that public sector companies wo­­­uld be roped in to help build plants. Plans are afoot to commission at least 20 nuclear pow­­er plants by 2031, according to a December Lok Sabha reply.
 

India has historically taken more than a decade to get plants in action, shows a Busi­ness Standard analysis of data from the International Atomic Energy Agency. The median construction time for nuclear plants — which is the average construction time taken