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Australia
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Japan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mexico, Italy back India’s NSG bid-The Hindu.
Detailed explanation-2: -While a majority of the 48-member group backed India’s membership, China along with New Zealand, Ireland, Turkey, South Africa and Austria were opposed to India’s admission.
Detailed explanation-3: -NSG and India India is not a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group. The main reason for this is said to be that India is not a party to the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
Detailed explanation-4: -The current guidelines of NSG state that a non-NPT state cannot become a member of NSG, which keeps India out of the group. India repudiated the NPT because the NPT defines nuclear weapons states as those that tested devices before 1967, and as per the definition, India cannot be designated as a nuclear-weapon state.
Detailed explanation-5: -There are currently 48 Participating Governments (PGs) of the NSG.