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04/09/22 07:44 AM IST

Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons(NPT)

In News 
  • The Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) concluded last week in New York.
NPT 
  • The NPT is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to foster the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of disarmament.
  • It was signed in 1968 and entered into force in 1970. Presently, it has 191 member states.
  • India is not a member.
  • The treaty requires countries to give up any present or future plans to build nuclear weapons in return for access to peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
  • It represents the only binding commitment in a multilateral treaty to the goal of disarmament by the nuclear-weapon States (NWS) (those who manufactured/exploded a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive devices before 1st January, 1967).
India's Nuclear Development 
  • Nuclear programme of India was initiated in the late 1940s under the guidance of Homi J. Bhabha.
  • The first nuclear explosion undertaken by India in May 1974.
  • India conducted a series of nuclear tests in May 1998, demonstrating its capacity to use nuclear energy for military purposes.
  • After the 1998 tests, India enunciated a doctrine of 'No First Use’ (NFU) of nuclear weapons which was formally adopted in January, 2003.
  • It says that nuclear weapons will only be used in retaliation against a nuclear attack on Indian territory or on Indian forces anywhere.
Source- The Hindu 

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