Australia Group
The Australia Group is an informal grouping of 43 countries (the European Union included). It was established in 1985 after Iraq's use of chemical weapons in 1984.Its purpose is to help identify exports that need tobe controlled so as to prevent the use of chemical and biological weapons.It got this name because Australia took the initiative to form this group and it also looks after the management of the secretariat of this organization.
Benefit from membership Joining
The Australian group will enhance India's credibility in terms of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,despite not being a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which will help India acquire critical dual-use chemical and biological technologies.
Membership of this group will strengthen India's claim to enter the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group - NSG.Joining the Australian block after gaining membership in the Wassenaar Arrangement is a strategic and diplomatic victory for India over rival countries like China and Pakistan as both of them are not yet members of the above organisations.
It is noteworthy that India has been trying to gain member ship of export control groups like NSG, MTCR, Australian Group and Wassenaar Arrangement since the nuclear deal with the US in 2008. These four bodies regulate the export of conventional,nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and technology.
Membership of three out of these four will not only enhance India's international reputation in the field of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, but will also facilitate India to access state of the art dual-use technology.
Disadvantages of membership
Some experts term these forums as a lobby, saying that by becoming a member of them, India may increase its reputation in the international community, but eventually it is closing its way to getting cutting-edge technology, because all these forums are in some There are platforms to impose restrictions and controls in some way.
They believe that these forums serve the interests of developed countries and deprive developing countries of modern technology through sanctions and controls. He says that the developed countries associated with these four forums prepare rules at the international level, but they have to be followed by each member country.
He also says that no matter why India becomes a member of any forum, developed countries have neither transferred state-of-the-art technology before nor are going to do so now, as it requires bilateral agreements and not multilateral agreements.
India is also a member of The Australia Group 43rd member India was granted membership as the member of the Australian Group. It is to be remembered that the Australian group is an informal group of those who are involved in the manufacture of chemical and biological weapons. Control over the export of materials used in War or Some situations.
