In the Indian context, what is the implication of ratifying the Additional Protocol with the Interna

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In the Indian context, what is the implication of ratifying the Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?

Accepted Answer

India has ratified the Additional Protocol, a commitment given under the India-U.S. nuclear deal by the previous dispensation to grant greater ease to the International Atomic Energy Agency to monitor India’s civilian atomic programme. The IAEA had in March 2009 approved an additional protocol to India’s safeguards agreement consequent to a pact reached with the agency the previous year to place its civilian nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards. That agreement had paved the way for the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group to grant India-specific waiver for it to have commercial relations with other countries in the civilian atomic field.