New Delhi, July 29 - India will not be affected by the G8 stand on nuclear commerce as there is no consensus among the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to prohibit the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technology to non-signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told parliament Wednesday.

'Prohibition by the NSG of such transfers would require a consensus amongst all the 45 countries. This does not exist at present,' Singh said in his reply to the debate in the Lok Sabha on the government's recent foreign policy initiatives, adding that there was no way India would accede to the NPT.

He was referring to the statement issued by G-8 in Italy that spoke of prohibiting the transfer of enrichment and nuclear reprocessing (ENR) technology to non-NPT countries.

'The government is fully committed to the achievement of full international civil nuclear cooperation,' Manmohan Singh maintained.

He pointed out that India had secured a clean India-specific waiver from the NSG. 'At that time also, attempts were made to make a distinction. The NSG has agreed to transfer all technologies consistent with their national laws,' the prime minister contended.

He added that the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing items and technology 'has no bearing whatsoever on India's upfront entitlement to reprocess foreign origin spent fuel and the use of such fuel in our own safeguarded facilities'.