Introduction
This paper is about the ongoing negotiation between India and United States for an Indo-US agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation. Although it is nearly two years since the Prime minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the President of United States, Mr. George.W.Bush announced their intention to facilitate civil nuclear commerce between India and the members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the process is still to be completed with even the first step towards that goal. The process is still under negotiations with apparently strong differences between the two countries on a number of issues.
The deal aims to give India access to U.S. nuclear fuel and equipment, India's demand for the permit for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel, assure permanent fuel supplies and not penalize India by ending nuclear trade if it conducts another nuclear test.
History of India's nuclear program
In the 1950s, the United States helped India develop nuclear energy under the Atoms......
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