Role of Gandhi's Khadi Textile Industry Towards Inclusive Growth and Corporate Social Responsibility

Author:Pankaj Dixita*, R.C. Lalb

Abstract:
In this research paper, we focus on the ''Role of Gandhi's Khadi Textile Industry towards inclusive Growth and corporate social responsibility in present scenario. Gandhi's Khadi movement was a relief programme for the poor masses living in India's villages. Spinning and weaving was elevated to an ideology for self-reliance and self government. Gandhi saw it as the end of dependency on foreign material (i.e. foreign rule) and giving a first lesson on real independence. Raw material at that time were entirely exported to England a re-imported as costly finished cloth, deriving the local population of works and profit on it. Gandhi also felt that in a country where manual labor was looked down upon. It was an occupation to bring high and low, rich and poor together, to show them the dignity of hand labor. Now, the situation of country has been drastically changed. We are second largest exporter of textile in the world. But, still the workers and labour welfare conditions and social responsibility of textile industry is incomplete to fulfilling the vision of Gandhi's Khadi movement. At present, the Modi's Government recently launched the ''Start up" and "Make in India" programme also supported by Gandhi's Khadi movement to achieve the higher economic growth, but Gandhi did not satisfied with this exclusive Economic Growth rate, he wanted inclusive growth rate without sacrificing the welfare of society and workers. At present, Textile Industry efforts are still not sufficient. So to convert weaknesses into advantages, textile firm now working on corporate social responsibility (C.S.R) is a grand panacea to all problems of textile industry.

Keywords:Key words: CSR, GDP, PMSBY, PMJJBY, APY.

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International Journal of Trade & Commerce (Vol: 5 Issue:1)