I don't quite understand what this is being potrayed the way it is in the media. Especially here at slashdot where I thought it was fair assumption that most of its readers are bit more educated than average bunch that can discern fact from, "fluff". Hence are couple of things for everyone to know:
India's first nuclear test was on May 18, 1974, hence a fair assumption it has had a nuclear weapon ever since.
India also has a nuclear capable missile atleast since 1988.(lookup Prithvi)
This nuclear deal is for fuel for Power plants
Part of the deal is an agreement that India will open up its civilian nuclear facilities for inspection (Before this, it was 0 access)
India also has approx 25% reserves of Thorium (nuclear fuel of future), so it'd make sense to let it in for current, "Uranium" fuel to somehow guarantee, "Thorium" supply in future.
Indian government itself is taking a beating at home because its being seen as a way to suppress India's nuclear ambitions by west.
Power(electricity) is one the major problems in current India, and having more of it can only be beneficial to the society at large.
On the other hand, only exception I see to all this is that India's Military/Defense/Weapons Nuclear sites are still off-limits to inspections, and this deal can possibly free up more spent nuclear material for India to experiment with. That should have been accounted for in a bit more responsible manner.
