(Online Course) Contemporary Issues for IAS Mains 2012: India and The World - India’s Nuclear Diplomacy
India & The World
::India’s Nuclear Diplomacy::
Question : What is mean by reciprocal commitments and how was it met?
Answer :
- Separation of military and civilian nuclear programmes.
- Placing civilian facilities under IAEA.
- Signing of an additional protocol.
- Support to a number of non-proliferation and disarmament initiatives at the global level.
Question : What are the reasons that India was given nuclear waiver?
Answer :
- India’s status as a responsible country with advanced nuclear capabilities.
- NSG and India are acting on the basis of reciprocity.
Question : What are the Indian expectations?
Answer:
- Special states in NSG should be reciprocal commitments on both the sides.
- Granted a special states knowing full’s well that it is not signatory to NPT.
Question : Why we are pursuing for nuclear co-operation?
Answer :
- Access to the best international components and equipments for the new reprocessing plant it has committed to build.
