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HOW DOES GANDHIAN MODEL OF
GRAM SWARAJYA CAN BE AN
EGALITARIAN AND JUST WELFAREPOLICY FOR THE COUNTRY
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Three concepts
Sarvodaya
Swaraj Gram Swaraj
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Sarvodaya
According to Gandhi Sarvodaya all roundwelbeing for everyone in the society.
Land and wealth could be donated for the
benefit of all and would bring about arevolution in the thoughts of thepeople. Selflessness would lead to peace and
an end to violent struggle Sarvodaya is possible through morality, non-
violence and each according to his need
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Swaraj
Swaraj means self rule or governance. Self-government means continuous effort to be
independent of any centralised control whether
it is foreign government or whether it isnational.
According to Gandhi, Swaraj is to be attainedby educating the masses to a sense of their
capacity to regulate and control authority.
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GramSwaraj
Gram Swaraj means self reliant villages.Villages will be independent unit of
governance. There will be economic freedom
and equality. There will be Khadi mentalitywhich means decentralisation of productionand distribution of necessaries. Villages will
be producing all its necessaries and a certain
percentage for the requirement of the cities.
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Continued Industrialization on a mass scale will
necessarily lead to passive or activeexploitation of the villagers as the problemsofcompetition and marketing come in.Therefore we have to concentrate on thevillage being self-contained, manufacturingmainly for use. Provided this character of thevillage industry is maintained, there would beno objection to villagers using even the
modern machines and tools that they canmake and can afford to use. Only they shouldnot be used as a means of exploitation ofothers.
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Decentralisation
Gandhi strongly advocated decentralization ofeconomic system. Gandhi believed thatcentralization is the root caused of exploitationwhich leads to unemployment and poverty inIndia as the powers are concentration in thehands of few because ofcentralization.
Industrialization on a mass scale will necessarily
lead to passive or ac
tive exploitation of thevillagers as the problems ofcompetition andmarketing come in.
Bottom to upward policy
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The concept of trusteeship
Statutory Trusteeship
Few people are gifted with the talent of making wealth
He is not completely against owning private property rather ofthe opinion that people need to decide that.
The rich must act as trustees of their wealth to avoid classconflict
They would be allowed to retain the stewardship of theirpossessions and use their talent to increase the wealth, not fortheir own sakes, but for the sake of everyone in the society and
therefore without exploitation. The state would regulate the rate ofcommission which they
would get commensurate with the service rendered and itsvalue to society. Their children would inherit the stewardshiponly if they proved their fitness for it.
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Relevence of Gandhi today
1)A world federation through non violent
nationalism.
Based on mutual moral unerstanding andcooperation
The circumstantial change or structural
change. (non-exploitatve structure)
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Cont
2) Self sufficient Economy. Minimum imports an exports and living in
minimum international trade for the maximum
time possible. Ecological humanism. Decentralised of production units and small scale
of production based on more labour.
Equality of wages and universality of physicalwages. Men should be at the centre of development and
produciton
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Cont
3)World trade
Principle ofcomparative advantage should
not be the sole basis for trade among nations. Reciprocal need rather than reciprocal
demand.
Protec
tion against unequal distribution ofgains among nations.
Moral trade.
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Social policyand Gandhian
philosophy
Policy should be context oriented
Local interests and needs of the people
should be taken into account after discussionwith people concerned
Resources should be managed by people as
far as possible and people should have a stakein their resources (structural changes)
Decentralisation of Power and economics
Ethics and morality
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Conclusion
He was interested in the growth of human beingsand more significantly the growth of the deprivedand underprivileged group of people. He was, in fact,
the supporter of the maximization of social welfareand he had a belief that the growth of an economy isrelied on the development of the totality of humanpersonality.According to him, an increase inpersonal income is an indication of the growth of
national income. But the opposite may not be truei.e. the growth of national income may not alwaysbenefit every man in society.
Gandhi andMarx a synthesis approach
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References:
Chauhan, Sandeep (2002), GATT to WTO,
GandhianAlternative to NIEO, Deep & Deep
Public
ation Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi Gandhi, M.K (1938), Hind Swaraj, G.A.
Natesan &Co, Madras
Gandhi, M.K (2010)Constructive Programme,its meaning and place (Revised ed.),
Navajivan Publishing House,Ahmedabad
www.mkgandhi.org
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Groundrules.
Promote khadi.
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