After number of negotiations and talks India has finally signed civil nuclear deal with Japan on Friday during the annual bilateral summit held in Tokyo.
With this agreement India has become the only nation who has signed civil nuclear deal with Japan without signing the nuclear Non proliferation treaty (NPT).
Japan has 13 more civil nuclear agreements with countries like France & U.S. but all have signed N.P.T. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described this as a historic step.
Negotiation had started since 2010 during UPA government but got stuck due to the NPT issue because Japan wanted assurance that the deal will be used for peaceful purpose , but now India has finally got success after 6 years.
The deal got a strong support during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visit in India in 2015. This deal has opened Japans's nuclear market for India's development.
As India is a rising economy and a rising economy demands power. India has also promised to reduced its carbon emission in Paris Climate Summit. Therefore deals like this will help India to get clean energy and to keep its promise.
Option to scrap N-deal-
According to "The Hindu" Yasuhisa Kawamura, press secretary of the Japanese Foreign Ministry has told that "If India conducts a nuclear test, Japan shall stop its cooperation".
Japan Times has reported that the deal includes the option that Japan can give a year's notice before terminating it in case India breaks the nuclear testing moratorium.
However the Union Government of India has said that the "termination" clause in the recent signed historic civil nuclear deal with Japan will be not binding on India.
In Japan, there is political opposition for making an exception for India as it is not signatory of the Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and India did not fit into Japan's 'Hikaku San Gensoku' or three non nuclear principles/
Indian Nuclear Market-
Indian Nuclear Market is flourishing on a high rate, specially after the deals with France and Russia. Kudamkulam Power Plant has already started working which is India's biggest Nuclear Reactor.
Now after the deal Japan will also enter the Indian market. It will also open up the door for collaboration between Indian and Japanese industries in our Civil Nuclear programme.
Along with the nuclear deal India has signed the following agreements-
- Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on the manufacturing skill transfer promotion program.
- MoU on Cooperation in the Field of Outer Space.
- MoU on Mutual Collaboration in Marine and Earth Science and Technology.
- MoC in the Field of Agriculture and Food Related Industry.
- MoU for Transport and Urban Development.
- MoU in the Field of Textiles.
- MoC in the Field of Cultural Exchange.
- MoC on Cooperation in Sports.
- MoU between Gujrat and Hyogo Prefectural Government.
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