India opted for the policy of non¬alignment as a part of its foreign policy soon after independence because India needed financial as well as technical help for its development from the developed countries of both the blocs. It was also India’s aim to maintain peace in the world by judging the international events on the basis of merit and rationality rather than siding with either of the blocs and aggravating the situation. Policy of Non-alignment has relevance till today even after the disintegration of USSR and end of cold war in the context of reorganisation of UNO, just establishment of new international economic order and welfare and security of small countries.
