Question

Gandhi's philosophy of "Swadeshi" emphasized:

• A. importing foreign goods
• B. Export-led economic growth
• C. Self-reliance and local production
• D. Globalization and free trade

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Self-reliance and local production

Swadeshi :

• Swadeshi is the moral principle underlying a decentralized self-sufficient economic structure.

• The buyers and sellers having a concern for each other, jointly work for the development of their local areas using local resources. Gandhiji emphasized, "every village of India will almost be a self- supporting and self-contained unit exchanging only such necessary commodities to other villages where they are not locally producible

Self-sufficiency:

• He suggested that villages should be self-sufficient i.e. they should produce their own food, clothing and other articles needed for meeting their basic needs.

• He insisted on the promotion of village or cottage industries and handicrafts because they can provide employment, necessary to meet the basic needs of the villagers and also facilitate village self-sufficiency