By Ajit K. Dasgupta
Gandhi's monetary theories have been part of his imaginative and prescient of self-government, which intended not only freedom from colonial rule however the success of self-reliance and self-respect through the villagers of India. parts tested contain: * intake behaviour * industrialization, expertise and the size of creation * trusteeship and commercial relatives * paintings and rest * schooling as human capital
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127 More generally, Gandhi wanted people to be resourceful and self-reliant. Again the doctrine of bread-labour helped. Able-bodied adults must do all their personal work themselves, and must not be served by others, except for proper reasons. 128 Again, Gandhi was committed to Basic Education, which relied on crafts as the ‘medium’ of primary education. The doctrine of breadlabour was an important component of his philosophy of education: that literary learning and craft learning must go together.
The rationale for his view lies in the doctrine of bread-labour, which I shall now discuss. 118 Gandhi borrowed the doctrine from Tolstoy whom, he noted, had himself taken it over from another Russian writer, but Gandhi also professed to find the roots of the doctrine in the Bhagavadgita which says that one who eats his bread without offering the necessary daily sacrifice was a thief. This sacrifice (Yajna), as interpreted by Gandhi, was bodily labour for the sake of humankind. The same lesson, he states, was taught in the Koran, the Bible and the Parsi scriptures and represents the moral consensus of humankind.
Answering criticisms that this was an infringement of the freedom of choice, Gandhi argued: For those who are within the Congress to have the option of using mill-spun is to kill the khaddar industry. 87 Exhibitions of village handicrafts were arranged throughout India to provide information to townspeople. Gandhi himself addressed mass meetings and wrote in the press in favour of wearing khaddar, for which he declared himself to be a salesman. ‘We are in the same position as the trader who day and night plans for an increase in his business.