India’s entry into the Wassenaar Arrangement in the first week of December made headlines. The Wassenaar Arrangement is seen by many as a successor to the erstwhile Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls, or COCOM. On 2-3 April 1996, the inaugural plenary meeting of the Wassenaar Arrangement was held in Vienna. To be precise, India adopted the control list for SCOMET (special chemicals, organisms, materials, equipment, and technologies) items, mandatory under the Wassenaar Arrangement. Anilesh Mahajan, “How Wassenaar Arrangement can help India enter Nuclear Suppliers' Group”8.

Source: Mint February 03, 2018 17:48 UTC