Gandhian ideas of Ramrajya, Swarjya :
- As per Gandhi Ji, Ramrajya and Swarajya are the same.
- Ramrajya is not imaginary governance.
- It is self-governance guided by Swadharma and Ahimsa.
- Gandhi Ji campaigns against caste discrimination as part of individual self-betterment to achieve the goal of Ramrajya.
- Swarajya and Ramrajya are for reducing individual dependence on the state.
- Both Tagore in his essay( Society and state) and Gandhi Ji rejected the British welfare state model.
- Gandhi feared state schemes may weaken the individual commitment to their duties and self-sustainable communities to their basic needs.
- Communities schools made by communities is one type of Swarajya or Ramrajya.
Swadharma:
- It is a moral commitment made by the individual to work.
- Excessive control by state undermine the moral commitment to work and led to corruption in all sphere in public and private life.
- Gandhi Ji emphasized the building of individual moral buildup and the role of the state should be minimized.
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