According to a report of Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to UNFCC India intends to increase its clean energy capacity. At the same time, India's energy poverty remains a major issue, and the country's development goal is dependent on providing electricity to the millions of people who are still unable to connect to the power grid. Nuclear energy has long been promoted as the solution to India's energy problems by major international actors, but actual performance has only flattered to deceive. In the last ten years, India has made some progress toward the conclusion of an Indo-US nuclear deal agreement, which has granted India a waiver from nuclear service. This paper aims are to study the reliability of nuclear energy as a solution is doubtful due to the possibility of nuclear accidents which may lead to environmental /physical/health problems among the marginalized communities.