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Give arguments in defence of India’s approach to Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

  • UPSC 2006, 2003
  • 60 marks
  • India and the Nuclear Question

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India's approach to the CTBT has three parts: support for a genuine test ban, refusal of the 1996 text, and a voluntary moratorium on explosive testing since May 1998 with signature withheld. Critics call it obstruction; judged against its own criteria and the treaty's record, it is principled and, by 2026, largely vindicated.

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