Explanation:

In a boost to its non-proliferation credentials, India joined the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) at a ceremony in South Block. India’s MTCR membership would help in furtherance of international non-proliferation objectives, India would enjoy full participation in organisational activities, India had intensified efforts at gaining membership of the MTCR, the NSG, the Australia Group and Wassenaar Arrangement since getting a waiver at the NSG in 2008. Membership of these groups would help India trade more effectively in critical high-tech areas.