Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 CommerceEconomicsEconomic Thoughts3 Marks
Question
Explain Pandit Deendayal's concept of 'Integral Humanism'.
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Answer
Pandit Deendayal is the advocate if integral humanism.
Pandit Deendayal presented a third option.
He suggested that the third option against capitalism and socialism is an integral economic policy which is based or integral humanism.
According to him integral humanism is a showcase of Indian culture.
Integral humanism means human being is not merely thought of only as an economic human being but as a composite of all characteristics of a human being.
In it, human welfare is thought after considering all the aspects like social, ethical, religious, and cultural.
Integral humanism means the relations between human to human and relations with world which accounts to make human life happy and prosperous.
According to Pandit Deendayal we look at every question from economic point of view.
The objective of nations economic and financial policy is, the all round development of human being.
In this context, the production and distribution systems of nation should be developed.
For this he advocated social restrictions, establishment of law, decentralized economy and restricted consumption. He emphasized on working of every person.
According to Pandit Deendayal, integral humanism can be achieved by:
Serving the ill informed/ignorant and deprived people of the society.
Proper health related and teaching facilities should be provided to each person of society. they should be provided business education and arrangement for training should be made and their mental and physical health should be improved. they should be trained for receiving happiness.
Enabling them to increase their income and by providing them better housing, food, clothes and employment.
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