Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 CommerceEconomicsEconomic Thoughts2 Marks
Question
"Gandhiji believed in decentralization" — Explain.
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Answer
Decentralized Economy :
Gandhiji advocated the decentralized economic system for India.
He wanted economic power to be distributed among many Indians and not among a few people only.
According to him, development of villages should the central concern of any process economic development and he wanted villages to get equal benefits of development which can happe$7$,Zi; through decentralized planning.
He emphasized on small scale and household industry for decentralized economy and also accepted the importance of voluntary organization.
He also favored the interference of state for eradicating exploitation done by masters.
He gave the idea of decentralized economic planning as an alternative to capitalist planning as a solution to the problems of centralized economies and thus he promoted the idea of increasing the use of 'khadi' and the idea of spinning khadi as a household industry $($with the help of spinning wheel or charkha.$)$
The concept of decentralized economic planning was rooted in the idea of 'Gram Swaraj' $($village empowerment or village self - reliance$).$
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