UPSC Prelims 2018 · GS Paper 1 · Q7

Current Affairs

Medium · Nuclear Suppliers Group Membership

Consider the following statements regarding membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG):

1. Becoming a member of the NSG does not automatically make a country a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

2. NSG membership guarantees a country unconditional access to nuclear technology and material from every other member.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?