India is opposed to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) because of which among the following reasons? (UPSC Prelims 1991)

Question

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT. It 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.
India is against the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty because it discriminates with the non-nuclear nations. India\'s civil nuclear strategy has been directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessary because it is excluded from the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty due to it acquiring nuclear weapons capability after 1970.

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It is discriminatory against the non-nuclear powers The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT. It 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.
India is against the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty because it discriminates with the non-nuclear nations. India\'s civil nuclear strategy has been directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessary because it is excluded from the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty due to it acquiring nuclear weapons capability after 1970.

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