India's bid for NSG Membership
When we all talk about India’s failure in getting Nuclear Supplier Group membership, This blog is to throw more light on what NSG is all about and its background. What is NPT ? Before understanding what NSG is all about, one must know about the Non-Proliferation Treaty. NPT as it most commonly known is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. This treaty came into effect in 1968. It recognized the countries that had nuclear weapons and that time as Nuclear Weapon States and other signatories as Non-Nuclear Weapon states. The treaty recognizes five states as nuclear-weapon states: the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, and China (also the five permanent members of the United...