India will assume chairmanship of the plenary of the Wassenaar Arrangement for a year on
January 1, 2023, just five years after joining the 42-member voluntary export control regime
that monitors transfers of conventional weapons and dual-use goods.
The body is a multilateral export control regime that works to promote transparency and
greater responsibility in transfers of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies
Through regular exchanges of information among its members.
Membership of the Wassenaar Arrangement has also bolstered Indias efforts to gain access to ensitive goods and technologies from leading players in the West.