Question:

Gandhi's philosophy of "Swadeshi" emphasized:

Aimporting foreign goods

BExport-led economic growth

CSelf-reliance and local production

DGlobalization and free trade

Answer:

C. Self-reliance and local production

Explanation:

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


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