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The ₹20,000 Crore Blind Spot in India's Nuclear Energy Mission. India made a quiet announcement that deserves far louder attention.In the Union Budget 2025–26, the government committed ₹20,000 crore to the Nuclear Energy Mission, with Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) at the centre of the ambition. The plan: at least five indigenous SMRs by 2033, a meaningful share of India's energy mix by 2047, and a technology platform that could anchor the country's next industrial era.

The organisations that gain the most will not be those with the most impressive visual models. They will be the ones that connect models to real decisions, validate them carefully and keep people accountable for outcomes.