CURRENT **AFFAI****RS 32 **India's Nuclear Energy Expansion: Green Finance, Private Participation and the 100 GW by 2047 Roadmap Category: Energy, Economy, Environment and Science & Technology | GS: GS Paper II, GS Paper III | Date: 2 September 2026 WHY IN NEWS
- India's nuclear-energy transition has moved from a capacity-expansion question to a financing, technology and human-capital question.
- Officials and industry leaders have argued that India's green-finance architecture should recognise nuclear power if the country is to mobilise the very large investment required for the Nuclear Energy Mission .
- India is targeting 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047 , compared with about 8.78 GW at present.
- The official roadmap envisages about 22 GW by 2031-32 , followed by a much larger build-out involving NPCIL , other public enterprises, State entities, joint ventures and private participation.
- The issue is important for UPSC because it links energy security, climate mitigation, industrial policy , strateGIc technology, federal regulation, liability, green taxonomy, skilled employment and India's Net Zero 2070 pathway.
TOP DATA & FACTS FOR UPSC
u Target: 100 GW nuclear capacity by 2047 under the Nuclear **Energy Mission **for Viksit Bharat . u Present installed nuclear capacity is about 8.78 GW , excluding RAPS-I in official comparisons. u Official roadmap: about 22 GW by 2031-32 as projects under implementation are completed. u Another 32 GW is envisaged beyond 2032 through NPCIL , taking the NPCIL -linked pathway to roughly 54 GW u the balance is expected from other public, State, private and joint-venture models. u Nuclear power supplied about of India's electricity generation in