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The Gandhian Model Of Sustainable Development

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Introduction
Development has been a crucial element of human nature right from the start. Humans wish to adopt better ways of living through development. However different individuals have different perspectives of development for example the capitalist model, communist model, socialist model or mixed model of development. The need for Sustainable Development came after a team of scientists: Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jorgen Randers and William W. Behrens III used computer simulation to model the earth as a dynamic system. This was published in the book called, ‘Limits to Growth’ in 1972 in which they showed through simulations that there was a real potential for a global collapse of the biological support systems on which human …show more content…

All the aims and aspirations of Sustainable Development can more or less be found in the Gandhian Model of Development. The Gandhian Model of Development is different from all other models of development. This model puts lots of emphasis on ethics and morality, however it should not be mistaken that the Gandhian Model is contrary to development. In fact it talks about development and growth which does not compromise on ethics or in other words value loaded development. This model promotes a need based society and insists the removal of a society that is driven by selfishness, greed and self-centric development. The Gandhian Model is contradictory to the present model of Capitalism followed by most modern …show more content…

We are never satisfied with what we have and we yearn for more and more. This greed has resulted in rapid decline of resources thereby creating poverty of resources in the future generations. Under the fancy pretext of Globalization we are incessantly cutting trees and depleting natural resources, not realizing the conflict we create for the future generations. Thus the Gandhian Model of Development not only favours the present but is inclusive of the welfare of future generations.
Advocacy of Small Scale Industries
Gandhiji supported the profitable development due to large scale industries however he was not happy with the fact that the profit was only concentrated with the money making class and only few had the opportunity of employment while the workers were exploited. To curb this he advocated the setting up of small scale industries to boost the rural economy and decrease the burden on urban areas.
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