you`re right .... here`s the excerpt from the MTCR FAQ page at
http://www.mtcr.info/english/FAQ-E.html
"Moreover, the MTCR Partners have explicitly affirmed that membership in the Regime provides no entitlement to obtain technology from another Partner and no obligation to supply it. "
Members usually benefit by blocking access to critical tech as per below provision
"Partners are bound by a “no-undercut” policy to consult each other before considering exporting an item on the list that has been notified as denied by another Partner pursuant to the MTCR Guidelines."
But, that`s also of no use to India since China is NOT a signatory to MTCR & Pak can merrily get the tech from them....... the only leverage we can get is by closely tracking the entire supply chain of all the relevant tech and hoping to net any transfers belonging to MTCR countries. question is : do we have the capabilities for this ?
Lastly, if MTCR is being peddled as a pre-condition to a UNSC Permanent Seat then I`d be highly skeptical of us signing up for it - occupying a Permanent Seat looks to be a very long ways away yet.