India pushes for US nuclear deal
- India
- 09/05/2008
The group of nations that regulate the global nuclear trade is meeting in Vienna to consider lifting restrictions on selling nuclear technology to India. It is part of a controversial Indian-US deal that needs the approval of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) before the US Congress can ratify it. India’s government says the deal is vital to meet its civil energy demands. Critics of the deal say it creates a dangerous precedent – effectively allowing India to expand its nuclear power industry without requiring it to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as other nations must.
