[India securing a membership of the NSG will be a significant marker of its emergence as a global power. While it'll have little, if at all any, impact on the prospects of import of nuclear technology, fuel and equipment - in 2008 itself India was granted a unique waiver on imports, it'll conceivably facilitate India's bid to emerge as an exporter.
Moreover, India will get to block Pakistan's entry therein in the foreseeable future. On top of that, India will be able to avert any censure by the NSG, let alone sanction, in case of a future nuclear explosion, by India, or such other aberrant conduct as all decisions in the NSG have to be based on consensus. Things appear to be slated for a nail-biting finish.] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indias-NSG-bid-to-be-discussed-at-a-special-meeting-in-Seoul-tonight-say-sources/articleshow/52884788.cms? India's NSG bid to be discussed at a special meeting in Seoul tonight, say sources PTI | Jun 23, 2016, 04.29 PM IST HIGHLIGHTS Japan and some other countries raised India's membership issue in the opening session of the NSG Member countries agreed to consider a number of unscheduled items including India's application at a special session after dinner, said informed sources SEOUL: India's bid for NSG membership will come up on Thursday night at a special post-dinner meeting of the 48-nation grouping's plenary, whose two-day deliberations began here today. Although admission of members like India which are not signatories to the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is not on the agenda, Japan and some other countries are understood to have raised the matter in the opening session. Thereafter, it was agreed to consider a number of unscheduled items including India's application at a special session after dinner, informed sources said. It was not immediately clear that whether the discussion on India's membership, which is strongly opposed by China, and few other countries will come up informally or in a more formal way. Indian diplomats, led by foreign secretary S Jaishankar, are here to lobby, although they are not the participants at the plenary in the absence of India's membership. The Indian team includes Amandeep Gill, head of 'Disarmament and International Security' division in the external affairs ministry. About 300 participants from 48 member countries are attending the plenary which was preceded by official-level session that began on June 20, according to the South Korean foreign ministry. While the US and France have issued statements ahead of the plenary strongly supporting India's case and asking members to back New Delhi, China has been unrelenting in its opposition harping on the need to have a criteria for non-NPT countries like India and clubbing India's case with that of Pakistan for which it is batting. Roughly 20 countries are backing India's case fully but given that the decisions in NSG are taken by consensus, India faces an uphill task. India is seeking membership of NSG to enable it to trade in and export nuclear technology. The access to the NSG, which regulates the global trade of nuclear technology, is expected to open up the international market for energy-starved India, which has an ambitious energy generation programme. India is looking at 63,000 MW energy requirement through nuclear programme by 2030. The NSG looks after critical issues relating to nuclear sector and its members are allowed to trade in and export nuclear technology. Membership of the grouping will help India significantly expand its atomic energy sector. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
