National Authority, Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC)

                 NACWC was set up by a resolution of Cabinet Secretariat dated May 1997, to fulfill the obligations enunciated in the Chemical Weapons Convention .  This Convention Prohibit  the development , production , execution , transfer , use and stockpiling of all chemical weapons by member states in a non- discriminatory manner.

                   The Parliament enacted in 2000 a CWC Act to give effect to the Provisions of the Chemical Weapons  Convention  in India.  The National  Authority has been awarded an ISO 9001- 2008 Certification by Bureau  Ventas on November , 2010 , making India’s National Authority the world’s  first  ISO  certification National Authority, among 188 States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.