With China refusing to budge, India's NSG bid to remain a distant dream

Growing tensions with Beijing are likely to only complicate India's bid to enter the elite group

India's chances of being admitted to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) during next month's meeting of the 48-member elite club are slim as China has said that there is no change in its stance on the admission of non-NPT states in the Group. 

China's support is crucial for India as new membership in the NSG is guided by the consensus principle.

"China's position on the non-NPT members' participation in the NSG has not changed," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing on Monday.

She was responding to a question about the chances of India's admission into the grouping during the