As 2025 draws to a close, Narendra Modi is in his 12th year as Prime Minister. Next year, he laid the foundations of Digital India, followed by Startup India in 2016, promoting entrepreneurship. Further, the SHANTI Act, opening the nuclear energy sector to regulated private participation, represents a leap that few nations have attempted. By replacing outdated legal frameworks and allowing private entities to build, own, and operate nuclear power plants under strict oversight, India has reimagined nuclear energy as a strategic growth sector. What makes 2025 politically unusual is not merely the volume of reforms, but their timing.

Source: Indian Express December 31, 2025 07:10 UTC