(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: CAATSA: Waiver For India?

Topic: CAATSA: Waiver For India?

Guest:

Ashok Sajjanhar, (Former Diplomat)
K.V. Prasad, (Associate Editor, The Tribune)
Sheel Kant Sharma, (Former Diplomat)
Alok Bansal, (Director, India Foundation)

Topic Description:

A US congressional conference report on Tuesday paved the way for waiver to countries such as India from the punitive Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act or CAATSA, which is primarily aimed at targeting Russian intelligence agencies and other entities engaged in cyberattacks. The Senate and House Armed Services Committee in a joint conference report to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)-2019 provided a modified waiver to section 231 of CAATSA. Unlike the existing version of the act, the proposed modified waiver requires presidential certifications designed to protect US alliances, military operations, and sensitive technology, said a media release issued by the Senate Armed Services Committee after the two committees announced details of the conference report. On this edition of ‘The Big Picture’ we analyse the CAATSA waiver for India.