New delhi date. 02 October 2020, Friday
Mahatma Gandhi was an advocate of an economy that could improve the lives of the common people of the country. They wanted a model of economy that would have industry from village to village, eliminate inequality between rich and poor, and provide employment for everyone. Find out today on his birthday what were his thoughts on the economy?
1. The goal of the economy
Gandhiji's mantra was that whenever you undertake any work, keep in mind that what will be the benefit to the poorest and the last or weakest person in the society? He had similar ideas about the economy.
2. Material progress is not everything
Mahatma Gandhi believed that the goal of economic development should be to make human beings happy. They do not believe in the modern idea of prosperity in which material development is considered the basic test of progress. They believed in the principles of development of each individual.
3. Aparigraha and Swaraj
Aparigraha and Swaraj were the mainstays of Mahatma Gandhi's economic ideas. Aparigraha means not having more than necessary and Swaraj means self-reliance. Swaraj means a kind of decentralized economy. Gandhiji justified an economy in which the laborer or laborer is his own boss.
4. Emphasis on indigenous
Industry in the country before independence was dominated by British companies. Raw materials were made in India and based on these raw materials the finished goods in the British industry were forced to be used by the people of India. In this way crores of rupees of the country were sent to Britain. Against him, Gandhiji insisted on adopting indigenous things to make the country self-reliant.
5. Importance of cottage industries
Gandhiji used to say that India lives in villages and not in cities. The people of the village are poor because most of them are unemployed or in a state of low unemployment. They have to be given productive employment so that the country's wealth can grow. He was of the view that the population of the country was very large but land and other resources were limited in comparison to it, so only cottage i.e. small scale industries existing in the villages could provide employment.
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