(a) India’s Nuclear Policy
1. India advocates no-first-use and reiterates India’s commitment to globally verifiable and non- discriminatory nuclear disarmament leading to a nuclear weapon-free world.
2. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru always promoted science and technology to build a modern India, i.e., initiated nuclear programme in the late 1940s.
3. India was against nuclear weapons, hence pleaded for nuclear disarmament with superpowers.
4. India always considered NPT as discriminatory and refused to sign on it.
5. Even India’s first Nuclear Test in May 1974 was termed as a peaceful explosion and India argued to use nuclear power for peaceful purposes only.
(b) Consensus in Foreign Policy Matters:
1. Pt. Nehru played a crucial role in the architecture of setting National Agenda for foreign policy.
2. Both as a Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, he played profound influence in the formulation and implementation of India’s foreign policy from 1946 to 1964.
3. When different parties came to power from time to time, foreign policy of India played a limited role in party politics.
