Lok Sabha Question No. 1720 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: NSG Membership
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY, P. KARUNAKARAN, M. B. RAJESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1720 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2016

## NSG MEMBERSHIP

1720.

SHRI Y.V. SUBBA REDDY:

SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

SHRI M.B. RAJESH:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  Members  of  the  Nuclear  Suppliers  Group  (NSG)  and  the year in which each country became its Member;
- (b) the  countries  that  have  become  Members  of  NSG  without  becoming Members of the NPT;
- (c) whether the rejection of India's application for membership in NSG will have any impact on India's nuclear programme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

- (a) The list of current Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Governments with the year of their participation in the NSG is  presented at Annexure.
- (b) The  following  countries  became  members  of  NSG  without  first  being members of the NPT: Argentina, Brazil and France.
- (c) & (d) India  has  a  well-developed  and  diversified  indigenous  nuclear power programme. In addition,  pursuant  to  the  September  2008  NSG  policy decision, India is pursuing civil nuclear cooperation with key partners such as Canada,  France,  Kazakhstan,  Russia  and  the  US.  Progress  continues  to  be made  under  these  agreements.    Membership  of  the  NSG  would  place  our existing  cooperation  on  a  predictable  basis  and  facilitate  the  enhanced investments, industrial tie ups and technology access required to accelerate augmentation of nuclear power capacity in India. Further, it is understood that consultations on the issue of India's membership are ongoing within the NSG.

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The current NSG Participating Governments (PGs) and their year of participation in the NSG are as follows:

| 1          | ARGENTINA   | 1994   |   25 | REPUBLIC OF KOREA   |   1995 |
|------------|-------------|--------|------|---------------------|--------|
| 2          | AUSTRALIA   | 1978   |   26 | LATVIA              |   1997 |
| 3          | AUSTRIA     | 1991   |   27 | LITHUANIA           |   2004 |
| 4 BELARUS  |             | 2000   |   28 | LUXEMBOURG          |   1984 |
| 5 BELGIUM  |             | 1978   |   29 | MALTA               |   2004 |
| 6 BRAZIL   |             | 1996   |   30 | MEXICO              |   2012 |
| 7 BULGARIA | 1984        |        |   31 | NETHERLANDS         |   1978 |
| 8 CANADA   | 1978        |        |   32 | NEW ZEALAND         |   1994 |
| 9 CHINA    |             | 2004   |   33 | NORWAY              |   1989 |
| 10 CROATIA | 2005        |        |   34 | POLAND              |   1978 |
| 11 CYPRUS  |             | 2000   |   35 | PORTUGAL            |   1986 |
| 12 CZECH   |             | 1993   |   36 | ROMANIA             |   1990 |
| 13 DENMARK | 1984        |        |   37 | RUSSIAN FEDERATION  |   1978 |
| 14         | ESTONIA     | 2004   |   38 | SERBIA              |   2013 |
| 15 FINLAND |             | 1980   |   39 | SLOVAKIA            |   1993 |
| 16 FRANCE  | 1978        |        |   40 | SLOVENIA            |   2000 |
| 17 GERMANY |             | 1978   |   41 | SOUTH AFRICA        |   1995 |
| 18 GREECE  |             | 1984   |   42 | SPAIN               |   1988 |
| 19 HUNGARY | 1985        |        |   43 | SWEDEN              |   1978 |
| 20 ICELAND | 2009        |        |   44 | SWITZERLAND         |   1978 |
| 21 IRELAND | 1984        |        |   45 | TURKEY              |   2000 |
| 22 ITALY   |             | 1978   |   46 | UKRAINE             |   1996 |
| 23         | JAPAN       | 1978   |   47 | UNITED KINGDOM      |   1978 |
| 24         | KAZAKHSTAN  | 2002   |   48 | UNITED STATES       |   1978 |

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