mumbai despite all the talk about indous civilian nuclear cooperation in the wake of the 123 agreement and hype about a strategic partnership india is still on the us blacklist for acquiring components which could also have defence applications these are known as dualuse items articles made for civilian use but which can also be used for military purposesarticle 5 2 of the agreement clearly states that transfers of dualuse items that could be used in enrichment reprocessing or heavy water production facilities will be subject to the parties respective applicable laws regulations and license policiesformer barc chief a n prasad confirmed to toi from bangalore on friday that the agreement has not yet lifted the ban on the export of dualuse items to india rendering the pact quite meaningless instead of directly saying no to such exports the agreement has covered it up in beautiful language he said prasad explained that if the transfer of dualuse items is subject to the parties respective applicable laws regulations and license policies it means that it continues to be governed by the hyde act which clearly prohibits the export of dualuse itemsindia has no relief at all on this issue under the agreement he saidthe dualuse clause has been used by washington not just to ban items and technologies from reaching india but also to prevent new delhi from getting it from other sources when india sought cryogenic engines from russia to power its polar satellite launch vehicles washington leaned on moscow to stop the deal saying these engines which use solid fuel could be fitted on ballistic missiles moscow however went ahead with supply of the engines in an earlier response to the 123 agreement prasad had pointed out that certain embargoes of the buddhablast legacy would continue in spite of the pms assurances the issue of full civil cooperation has not been resolved in our favour the text has allowed an unfair definition of this term with the result that embargoes will continue on the most complex part of the fuel cycle facilities such as enrichment reprocessing and heavy water he said though we may not need to import technology as such there should have been an opportunity to access world market for specific low quantity dualuse items which otherwise have to be produced by the indian industry this historic deal not being able to get rid of sanctions in spite of taking on whole lot of burden on safeguards and other aspects is a big disappointment prasad saidsome of the nuclearrelated dualuse items include machine tools electronic equipment computers sensors vibration test systems frequency changers or generators laser laser amplifiers oscillators and valves in 1994 the us had exported dualuse items to china for its nuclear programme which indian nuclear officials said was rare former atomic energy commission chief m r srinivasan agreed with prasad that the ban on the export of dualuse items still exists despite the agreement