The Nuclear deal between India and the United States was mutually beneficial

Background

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) [1] is an International Treaty with the goal of preventing the spread of Nuclear Weapons while promoting peaceful uses of Nuclear energy within the member countries. There are 5 countries that are recognized by the treaty as "Nuclear Weapons States" which are the US, UK, France, Russia, and China. These states are allowed to make nuclear weapons where as the other states are not. Nearly all countries of the world (see map in source 1) are a part of the treaty with a few exceptions. India is one of those exceptions.

Countries not part of the NPT are usually cut off from trading nuclear technology with those that are a part of it. However, the United States and India formed an independent bilateral nuclear deal in which the United States provided India with nuclear technology in exchange for India imposing restrictions on its Nuclear reactors. The details of the deal are mentioned in this article [2].

Resolution: On balance the India-US Nuclear Deal [2] was mutually beneficial to both countries.

Burden of Proof: Shared.
Pro must prove that on balance, the benefits of the deal outweighed the harms for both countries.
Con must prove that on balance, the harms of the deal outweighed the benefits for both countries.

Sources

1) http://en.wikipedia.org...
2) http://www.cfr.org...