Russian state-owned atomic energy corporation Rosatom has offered to supply nuclear power plants to Indian companies in a bid to help India achieve its 100 gigawatt (GW) target for nuclear power generation capacity by 2047.
“Considering the scale of India’s target, we are ready to offer our partners a wide range of modern nuclear solutions, from large-capacity power units to small modular reactors,” said Kirill Komarov, First Deputy Director General for Corporate Development and International Business at Rosatom.
He was briefing Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov and India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal during an official tour of INNOPROM, the India International Industrial Exhibition, held here from September 9 to 11, 2026.
Komarov said India is consistently developing its nuclear energy sector and has set an ambitious target of increasing its nuclear capacity to 100 GW by 2047. “Rosatom is already making a practical contribution towards achieving this goal. We are the only foreign company constructing a nuclear power plant in India. Two units of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant are operating reliably, while four more are at various stages of implementation,” he said.
He also said that the bilateral partnership extends far beyond nuclear energy and covers nuclear medicine, additive technologies, composite materials and logistics, adding that Russian technologies will contribute to strengthening India’s technological sovereignty.
The two ministers were introduced to the VVER-1200, using the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant as an example, a model of which was displayed at Rosatom’s stand at the exhibition in the technological sovereignty section.
During the Russia-India Business Dialogue, Goyal emphasised the need to move from agreements to practical industrial cooperation and encouraged Russian companies to develop manufacturing operations in India by leveraging the country’s industrial capabilities, skilled workforce and opportunities under the Make in India initiative.
India had last December enacted the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Act, which aims at modernising the country’s civil nuclear framework by opening the sector to private participation and streamlining liability rules.
The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) had last month published the draft rules and regulations under the Act, inviting stakeholder comments on the key provisions.
