- CTBT multilateral treaty that bans all nuclear explosions for both civilian and military purposes in all environments
- Nuclear disarmament is an act of reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons . India has always supported it but is against discriminatory disarmament. So didn't join Nuclear Non Proliferation treaty
- 1998 india adopted no first use of nuclear weapon policy after its second nuclear tests pokharan 2 and will not use nuclear weapons against non nuclear weapon states
Reasons for India's refusal
- Divides the world into haves and have nots favouring nuclear powered states with advanced achievements and banning further est for countries like india who have started late
- No time frame mentioned to dismantle existing nuclear weapons
- No provisions for complete nuclear disarmament
- Does not address India's security concern with perpetual threat from neighbours like pak and china
- Hinders India's strategic nuclear prog development
Reasons for india to sign
- Enable easy entry into NSG and strengthen claim to enter UNSC
- May help end nuclear race in Asia as neighbours could follow up
- Gain access to data from int monitoring system help in disaster management plane crashes mining exploration
- Become part of int scientific community
India believes its security would be enhanced in a world free of nuclear weapons. Taking initial steps as an observer to CTBT can help india take informed decisions and make it's concerns heard for not signing the same.
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