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09/06/22 22:45 PM IST

Nuclear Suppliers Group

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  • External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar  indicated India's ambition to become a member of the global nuclear high table by joining the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) despite consistent stonewalling by China. 
NSG 
  • The 48-member NSG is an elite club of countries that deals with the trade-in nuclear technology and fissile materials besides contributing to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
  • Brought in 1974– in response to the Indian nuclear test (smiling Buddha).
  • It is a Group of nuclear supplier countries that seek to prevent nuclear proliferation by controlling the export of materials, equipment and technology that can be used to manufacture nuclear weapons.
  • The NSG first met in November 1975 in London, and is thus popularly referred to as the “London Club”.
  • Its guidelines are not binding.
Source- Indian Express 

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