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Explain the role of the Parliament in the shaping of 123 Agreement between India and the US on Civil-nuclear Cooperation.

  • UPSC 2011
  • 20 marks
  • India and the Global Centres of Power

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The 123 Agreement, named after Section 123 of the US Atomic Energy Act of 1954, was concluded in July 2007 and signed on 10 October 2008. In India, treaty-making is an executive act: no vote was legally required. Parliament nonetheless shaped the deal through debate, coalition politics and implementing legislation: the clearest case of legislative…

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  • The formal position: no ratification role
  • How Parliament shaped the agreement
  • Explaining the influence
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