Why did India refuse to signed …

The Nuclear Non - proliferation Treaty was opened for signature in 1968. This treaty provides for prevention of the proliferation of nuclear weapon technology and provides for finding methods for peaceful use of nuclear technology.

This treaty only recognises 5 states as nuclear weapon states- USA, UK, Russia, China and France. This treaty provides that all the other signatories except these recognised nuclear states would use nuclear energy only for peaceful purposes.

Herein lies the problem, India is not ready to sign the NPT due tk this problem. India feels that though this treaty a kind of nuclear apartheid is being followed on which there is discrimination between the nuclear weapon nations and those who want to become nuclear powers because we are entitled to the right of self defence.

In addition to India there is pakistan, North Korea, South Sudan and Israel which have not signed the NPT. Out of them India, Pakistan and North Korea have tested and declare that they have nuclear weapons.

In the 1970s there was great pressure on the then PM Indira Gandhi to sign the NPT but she did not. After which in 1974 India conducted her first nuclear tests.

India has had a no first use policy on nuclear weapons and has always maintained a righteous stand with regard to nuclear weapons. The not signing of the NPT was also justified on the grounds of defence against those countries that claim to have nuclear powered weapons as well.