Gandhian philosophy on rural India

Gandhiji had an in depth study of the plight of the poor masses living in rural India who were having dependence on agriculture for their livelihood. Gandhiji was very much concerned about the problems of Indian farmers well as the Indian agriculture. His views on the state of Indian agriculture are very logical and seem to have relevance even in the present context of our economy. It was mainly because of his belief that India resides in villages. Current paper concentrates on Gandhian views on the problems of rural people of the economy. He was in favour of labour intensive methods of cultivation. Gandhiji was a strong critic of zamindari system and wanted the land to be transferred to landless farmers. Most of the land is concentrated in the hands of big landlords. In such situation, we will have to rethink the implementation of land reforms from Gandhiji's perspective.