India at 21st rank :Nuclear Security Index 2016

Nuclear Security Index was recently released by a US based think tank, NTI or Nuclear Threat Initiative on the theme ‘Building a Framework for Assurance, Accountability, and Action The Index assessed global nuclear security conditions in 176 countries in two areas - the potential theft of weapons-usable nuclear materials and the potential  sabotage of nuclear facilities. Among the 24 states with one kilogram or more of  weapons-usable nuclear materials in the world, while Australia was adjudged as the  safest, India was among the least safe with the 21^st rank. India improved two ranks by  participating in bilateral assistance activities with the USA and putting in place the  IAEA Additional Protocol.