According to Bbc, it is a historic Milestone.
Please discus the affects of this Deal in US-Pak relations, Pak-Sino relations and how is deal going to affect the region?
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india and the United States say that they have finalised a deal on civilian nuclear co-operation, which would end three decades of US sanctions.
A statement released by both sides described the deal, which has been held up in negotiations for two years, as a “historic milestone”.
It is not yet clear how it addresses thorny issues such as India’s right to reprocess civilian nuclear fuel.
But India said that the deal did not cover nuclear testing.
India has demanded the right to carry out nuclear tests.
NUCLEAR POWER IN INDIA
India has 14 reactors in commercial operation and nine under construction
Nuclear power supplies about 3% of India’s electricity
By 2050, nuclear power is expected to provide 25% of the country’s electricity
India has limited coal and uranium reserves
Its huge thorium reserves - about 25% of the world’s total - are expected to fuel its nuclear power programme long-term
Source: Uranium Information Center
Global nuclear powers
“This deal deals primarily with civil nuclear co-operation,” India’s National Security Adviser MK Narayanan said.
“If there is a test we will come to that later on.”
Much debate
The deal means that India will get access to US civilian nuclear technology if it opens its facilities to inspection.
Critics say the pact could encourage India to build its nuclear weapons arsenal, and that it sends the wrong message to countries like Iran, whose nuclear ambitions Washington opposes.
It has also faced opposition from the communists and opposition parties in India who have argued that the deal could undermine the country’s sovereignty.
COUNTDOWN TO AGREEMENT
July 2005: India and the US announce the deal
March 2006: Deal “finalised” in Delhi during visit of US President George W Bush
July 2006: US House of Representatives approves deal
November 2006: US Senate votes in favour of deal
July 2007: US and India finalise negotiations
But supporters of the accord say it will help India meet its soaring energy demands by reversing three decades of US sanctions, imposed after nuclear tests were carried out by India in 1974 and 1998.
The implementation agreement, or “123 agreement”, is designed to include all operational aspects of the deal, which its supporters say will galvanise strategic ties between the world’s two biggest democracies.
Before it takes effect, the finalised deal must be approved by the US Congress, while India needs clearance from the Nuclear Suppliers Group of countries.