Manuscript Number : GISRRJ19273

The present century traces its path with a multi-polar rules based world order. In such a scenario, Non- Alignment Movement is losing its ground. It is said that the golden age in India’s Foreign Policy was in the first 15 years after independence, when NAM (Non – Alignment Movement) provided a constituency for India because of our non-violent victory over the British and the leadership it provided to the newly independent countries. Our problems were different from the small and impoverished nations that thronged the movement, but the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru inspired and provided a vision to them. India tried to solve its problem by inculcating other such countries suffering from same problems as ours and helped them by giving them assistance. It is said that NAM is losing its relevance as these countries came as a third bloc at international level, along with the capitalist and socialist bloc. However, after the disintegration of USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), there has been a question over the relevance of NAM as an organization. It is argued that the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) was the product of certain circumstances which have undergone a sea change and thus, have become irrelevant.