<p>“We will ask him what is the alternative and take it from there,” Menon said in an interaction with reporters at the Indian Women’s Press Corps here.<br /><br />Initiating the debate in parliament on the demand for grants for the external affairs ministry, Jaswant Singh Tuesday said India’s doctrine of no-first use was “greatly in need of revision”.<br /><br />India has a policy of no-first use primarily against non-nuclear weapon states.<br /><br />At the same time, India retains the option of using nuclear weapons in case of a major attack by biological and chemical weapons. These had been enshrined in the official nuclear doctrine released in January 2003.</p>
<p>“We will ask him what is the alternative and take it from there,” Menon said in an interaction with reporters at the Indian Women’s Press Corps here.<br /><br />Initiating the debate in parliament on the demand for grants for the external affairs ministry, Jaswant Singh Tuesday said India’s doctrine of no-first use was “greatly in need of revision”.<br /><br />India has a policy of no-first use primarily against non-nuclear weapon states.<br /><br />At the same time, India retains the option of using nuclear weapons in case of a major attack by biological and chemical weapons. These had been enshrined in the official nuclear doctrine released in January 2003.</p>