Washington, Dec 8, 2025

The latest US defence authorisation bill assigns India a key role in Washington’s Indo-Pacific and nuclear strategies, directing sustained consultations on India’s nuclear liability rules and placing New Delhi among a select group of partners shaping a new defence industrial architecture in the Indo-Pacific region to meet the China challenge.

Congressional leaders on Sunday released the compromise version of the fiscal 2026 National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), a sweeping policy measure that among other things embeds India across multiple strands of US strategic planning—from civil nuclear cooperation to defence co-production and regional maritime security. The bill, which has passed every year for six decades, is expected to move through the House later this

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