India’s Nuclear Policy: Evolution And Perspectives

Abstract

The establishment of the Indian nuclear energy program, which serves both covert military applications and overt civilian purposes, may be attributed mostly to a favorable confluence of individuals, events, locations, and global trends. India must have an unquenchable ambition to meet its energy needs, given its ambitious development plans. Energy-driven policies always hover around the question of how to raise energy production and consumption. Nuclear energy appears to be a promising option for matching India's energy deficit.  India is in the most dangerous, unstable, and anarchic region of the world due to social unrest, political unrest, economic violence, and religious and political warfare in a number of failed or collapsing neighboring governments, which has driven India to pursue the development of nuclear weapons. The main argument of this paper is to study and analyze India’s nuclear legal framework, various regulatory mechanisms, energy programs and overall assessment of the nuclear continuity and change over time under various political parties.

Methodology-  In order to study India's unwavering drive to meet its energy needs in both the civilian and military domains, we will be dealing with value-based posers, hence the proposed topic cannot afford to be constrained by the restrictions of scientific or behavioral research. Here, we shall mostly stick to a philosophical, historical, and analytical perspective. Data, facts and historical evidence already available will also be used freely and judiciously wherever necessary. In this context, it would be better to begin with an open mind and use all possible means of research to find the truth and the viability of the purposes.