The answer is a big ‘NO’. India is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty or NPT. That is why as per prevailing US law America had to pass a special act to permit US President to sign Nuclear Deal with India. That act is Hyde Act. This permission is being touted as ‘exemption’.
In reality by providing permission the US parliament has roped India into a set of conditions.
The conditions are:
1) India must adopt a foreign policy congruent to that of the United States.
2) India must ensure full and active cooperation in US effort to dissuade, isolate and if necessary, sanction and contain Iran.
3) India can never create adequate nuclear power reactor fuel reserve.
4) India’s total civil nuclear facilities, materials and programmes will have to be permanently under IAEA scanner.
5) Every year US President has to submit a report to the US parliament that India is following US diktats fully in regard to its nuclear programmes and foreign policy.
6) If for any reason America terminates agreement, the remaining countries of the Nuclear Supplier Group or NSG will have to follow suit. NSG will have to frame such rules while granting permission to India.
7) Until India signs Indo-US Nuclear Deal or 123 Agreement no other country of the NSG can start nuclear trade. This provision will also to be incorporated while granting NSG permission.
8> India will not get advanced technologies for nuclear fuel reprocessing, Uranium enrichment and heavy water production.
All these conditions are detrimental to India’s independent foreign policy and independent nuclear policy.
Hyde Act says, even though US falters, India can never oppose and question its actions. If opposes, US President will give adverse report to its parliament; and the agreement will become null and void immediately. The consequence? India will have to return all those materials and facilities it acquired over the years at lakhs of crores of rupees.
Therefore, to keep the pact alive India will have to surrender and bend to US imperialism permanently.
After reading these lines can any patriotic Indian not oppose this notorious deal?
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July 18, 2008 at 11:59 pm
read this
http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/apr/24ndeal.htm
A patriotic indian will not jump after reading the HYDE act if the patriotic indian understand clearly what the hyde act is and what it means. It is something meant for the US congress, not binding on India.
A patriotic indian needs to learn what he talks about.