India and the US have finally negotiated a nuclear pact that allows India access to Western civilian nuclear technolgy, while putting some of Indian reactors under international observation. However, the US Congress and the Nuclear Suppilers Group (NSG) still have to agree to the pact. MercuryNews has a piece on how the nuclear pact between U.S., India draws fire

A landmark nuclear pact reached Thursday by President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh faced tough scrutiny by Congress and international regulators amid concerns that it would allow India to expand its nuclear arsenal by hundreds of weapons.

While welcoming the accord, several senior Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., chairman of the House International Relations Committee, said they would give it a rigorous review.

The accord also will have to pass muster with the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group. It was formed to regulate civilian nuclear trade after India detonated a device in 1974 using plutonium obtained from a Canadian-made civilian reactor that was supplied with heavy water by the United States.