India and nuclear disarmament

AbstractNuclear Disarmament has become a vital concern of all nations. It is essential not only for humanitarian and moral but also for economic and military reasons. India has made significant contribution to disarmament in the United Nations (UN) in terms of ideas, resolutions, amendments and action plan. India is the only nuclear weapon state willing to accept total disarmament within the time framework and the one to provide an unconditional, unqualified and unlimited no-first-use pledge. This presented study entitled “India and Nuclear Disarmament” divided into four sections. The first section, being introduction, gives a brief outline of the study, relating the issues of disarmament and nuclear policy both national and international arenas. The second section concept and history explores various adverse situation and reaction of nuclear disarmament. The third chapter entitled India’s nuclear disarmament initiative after 1998 elaborates with pertinent issues relating to nuclear proliferation with special reference to India. In addition, it focuses on the comprehensive initiatives taken by India for universal nuclear disarmament. The fourth section being a conclusion sums up of the study and summarizes the observations. Based on the study, it suggests twelve important steps to be considered for shaping up India’s nuclear disarmament policy in a better way and for attaining nuclear weapons free world.