As India prepares to attend the Nuclear Suppliers Group to get the ratification and special treatment as a nuclear suppliers group, let us analyse India's case for getting the special treatment in the group. India as a developed nuclear power became an established player in the nuclear field by the late 1950's. India developed indigenous ly world class technology in the field of nuclear sciences on it's own. With the "Smiling Buddha" nuclear tests in the year 1974, India became the sixth nuclear power in the world. India over the years have developed a comprehensive nuclear program that covers entire gamut of nuclear sphere starting from extraction to enrichment. India also has developed a highly sophisticated nuclear weapons program. Now the factor that favours India most is her unblemished record in nuclear non proliferation . India at no time has ever exported nuclear or related technologies to any country. This sits in stark contrast to the infamou