India was admitted as the 43rd member of the Australia
Group (on Jan 19, 2018), an informal bloc of countries that keeps a tight
control over exports of substances used in the making of chemical weapons.
With its admission into the Australia Group, India is now
part of three of the four key export control groups in the world. This includes
the Missile Technology Control Regime—an informal and voluntary partnership
among 35 countries that regulates trade in sensitive equipment and technologies
to ensure there is no proliferation of missile and unmanned aerial vehicle
technology capable of carrying payloads above 500kg for more than 300km. Last
month, India joined the Wassenaar Arrangement, which is also an informal grouping
of 42 countries, exercising control over the export of dual-use goods and
technologies.
The only export control group that India is not a part of
is the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), which controls the export of
sensitive nuclear technologies and equipment, with the aim of preventing
nuclear weapons’ proliferation.
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