Jul 10, 2008

Who will decide, what is good for India?

Now the cat is out of the box, now its we who can decide whether the esoteric Indo-US nuclear deal (AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY FOR THE APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARDS TO CIVILIAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES) is in India's interest or not. Its strange that a country of a billion and with so many intellectuals, scholars still could not unanimously decide whether this deal is in long run good or bad for India. Ignoring what the politicians are up to(assuming for every party their personal gain comes before national interest) what are our scientists, professors, engineers and other scholars doing? How can a common man know how good or dangerous this deal would become? Finally as the agreement is now open to public, I have tried to put few clauses in the deal which could prove perilous: (Numbers need not the original document)

1. "The purpose of safeguards under this Agreement is to guard against withdrawal of safeguarded nuclear material from civilian use at any time."

What would happen if China or Pakistan are on the verge of attacking India with nuclear weapons? Should India be a mute spectator and get extinct?

2. "India shall notify the Agency of the receipt of any nuclear material, non-nuclear material, equipment and components referred to in paragraph 11(b) of this Agreement within four weeks of the arrival in India of such nuclear material, non-nuclear material, equipment and components."

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