Question

What does India's Non-Aligned Policy mean at the global stage?

• A. India does not need any allies.
• B. India did not support the USA and former USSR in their approach to only aid countries that were on their side.
• C. India believed in providing aid to developing countries without any underlying conditions.
• D. India wanted to increase its political influence over the developing countries with the promise of economic support.

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C)

India believed in providing aid to developing countries without any underlying conditions.

The USA and the USSR emerged as two superpowers after the Second World War ended. They started helping other nations that joined them. India came up with the Non-Aligned Policy, refusing to join either of the superpowers and insisted that help should be given to poorer nations unconditionally.
India’s actions helped channel the flow of economic aid to the so-called "Third World Countries".