India has opposed international treaties focused on non-proliferation due to their selective application towards non-nuclear nations, effectively endorsing the nuclear monopoly held by the five established nuclear powers. Consequently, India expressed its resistance to the NPT's indefinite extension in 1995 and declined to sign the CTBT. In May 1998, India conducted a series of nuclear tests, showcasing its capacity for military nuclear utilization. Pakistan responded with its own tests, heightening regional nuclear tensions. The international community strongly criticized these tests, resulting in sanctions that were later lifted. India's nuclear doctrine centres on a credible minimum nuclear deterrence, emphasizing a commitment to "no first use" and advocating for global, verifiable, and non-discriminatory nuclear disarmament for a world free from nuclear weapons.

What does NPT stand for?

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) :- Allows only the nuclear weapon states to have nuclear weapons and stops others from aquiring them. For the purposes of the NPT, a nuclear weapon state is one which has manufactured and exploded a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device prior to 1 January 1967. So there are five nuclear weapon states: US, USSR (later Russia), Britain, France and China. Signed in Washington, London, and Moscow on 1 July 1968. Entered into force on 5 March 1970. Extended indefinitely in 1995.