Should India get membership to the NSG, it can block Pakistan from its membership as entry into the grouping is by consensus only. Should India get membership to the NSG, it can block Pakistan from its membership as entry into the grouping is by consensus onlyThe 48 members of the NSG include the five nuclear weapon states, US, UK, France, China and Russia. Even if India today can buy power plants from the global market thanks to the one time NSG waiver in 2008, there are still many types of technologies India can be denied as it is outside the NSG. From India’s point of view, it was formed to deny India access to sophisticated technology. The other 43 are signatories to the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty.

Source: Mint June 08, 2016 07:41 UTC