India and CTBT

India earlier had cited the lack of sufficient disarmament commitments and discrimination against have-nots as central to their opposition to the CTBT, but today India is a de facto nuclear weapon state.

so am unable to understand- why is that India still continues to oppose CTBT while by joining it, India can derive all those benefits under CTBT?

Why India opposes CTBT?

The reason traces back to NPT times... India was main propounder of the theory of nuclear disarmament and wanted a treaty like CTBT.

But when the Treaty was formed the terms of the treaty upset India.

The terms of the treaty was favourable to already nuclear weapons possessing states (namely the permanent members of security council..) and these 5 countries could also further develop their technology.

But India is willing to have a consensus over CTBT in country only if some of her demands are conceded. Such as, it demands that India should be included in the club of Nuclear weapon states and the countries having nuclear arms should go for a comprehensive programme for disarmament with specific time bound resolution. But no proper attention has been given to our demands and India has refused to become a party of the treaty.

India felt that the CTBT was inadequate in terms of securing disarmament commitments from the nuclear weapon states under declared deadlines.

But today this argument of India is weaker--especially because India is now a de facto nuclear weapon state. The shift from being a nuclear "have-not" to a nuclear "have" dramatically altered the Indian perspective on the CTBT.

Now India's stance against CTBT of have and have not have weakened as today we are seen as a nuclear have by the world

Is it threat from Pak cos, it has also not signed CTBT?

Yes.

But majorly the intial protest was nuclear weapon states had no time frame to reduce their nuclear stock piles, and also they could also develop their current nuclear technology.

One other reason why India opposed CTBT is.. Strategic reason for protect inherestly is that of the countires like CHina and Pakistan, which pose threat to the country security.

Mam can u elaborate "perspective of world over india has changed"?

When India initially protested we stood on the side of the Nuclear have-nots and also favouring their stand and protecting their interests.

but as things changed after 98 tests.. India is also seen as a nuclear Have by other countries and its stance of supporting nuclear have nots still holds no ground..

All these are intricate understandings...