//In this regard, he cited the provision for uninterrupted supplies and creation of strategic reserve for the lifetime of a reactor// Where is the uniterrupted supplies provision my dear?? //If there is disruption in supplies, India will report it to the IAEA, Kakodkar said. He, however, added that discontinuation will not happen suddenly as there is provision for discussions.// Exactly, that is what India can do. Just report to IAEA. IAEA being a monitoring entity cannot do anything but issue statement. End of the day you will only engage in discussion without any action. The truth is you cannot take any action. You can only appoint a committee and discuss. And we all know what will happen to these committees!
//"We are a nuclear weapon state. We know that and the world knows that. We should not worry about that," he said. He maintained that the definition of nuclear weapon state was derived from NPT, of which India is not a part. // Yes, we all know that India has nuclear weapons but that doesnt guarantee a recognition. Recognition is granted via the NPT. If you are recognised there are lot of benefits in safeguards agreement. Currently whatever China (being a Nuclear weapons state per NPT) will have favourable safeguards controls and conditions than what Iran is having (being a Non-nuclear weapons status country). That is one of the reason India refused to sign the NPT in the first place!!.
