US law to give India NATO ally-like status

Mains Paper 2 : Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level : NATO

Mains level : India-US strategic relationship

The U.S. Senate has passed a legislative provision that brings India at par with America’s NATO allies and countries like Israel and South Korea for increasing defence cooperation.

How will it benefit India?

The act provides for increased U.S.-India defence cooperation in the Indian Ocean in the areas of humanitarian assistance, counterterrorism, counter-piracy and maritime security.
It will clear the way to provide state-of-the-art weapons and sensitive technology to India.
It will make India a big associate of US in defence deals also it will increase India’s status.
Earlier, the US-India had signed Communication, Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA) in 2018 for sharing sensitive information.

About NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.
It is based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.
NATO constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.

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India to be treated as NATO ally

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