WHAT IS TRUSTEESHIP

Trust is a fund or asset created to specific purpose.

A wealthy person may set aside some funds for specific purpose and appoint an trustee to manage it and make sure that the benefits are made available to the specific beneficiaries.

The beneficiaries are mentioned.

WHAT IS TRUSTEESHIP

The trustee is entitled to take a fee for his services.

He is expected to take care of the fund on his own but he must not take advantage of the fund for his personal benefit.

Trusteeship of gandhiji

In the first instance, everything must be surrendered to God and then out of it one may use only that which is necessary for the service of God's creation, according to one's strict needs

When an individual had more than his respective portion, he became a trustee of that portion for God's people.

Gandhi suggested this doctrine as an answer to the economic inequalities a kind of nonviolent way of resolving all social and economic conflicts.

Trusteeship of Gandhiji

Therefore man's dignity, and not his material prosperity .

aims at a distribution of material prosperity keeping only human dignity in view

Besides, trusteeship aims at the rising of the morale of the people by giving them a sense of security in the hands of the trustees.

Trusteeship of Gandhiji According to Gandhi, trusteeship is the only ground on which he

can work out an ideal combination of economics and morals. It is as follows:

(i) Trusteeship provides a means of transforming the present capitalist order of society into an egalitarian one. It gives no quarter to capitalism, but gives the present owning class a chance to reform itself. It is based on the faith that human nature is never beyond redemption.

(ii) It does not recognize any right of private ownership of property except so far as it may be permitted by society for its own welfare.

(iii) It does not exclude legislation of the ownership and use of wealth.

Trusteeship of Gandhiji (iv) Thus under state regulated trusteeship, an individual will

not be free to hold or use his wealth for selfish satisfaction in disregard to the interests of society.

(v) Just as it is proposed to give a decent minimum living wage, a limit should be fixed for the maximum income that would be allowed to any person in society. The difference between such minimum and maximum incomes should be reasonable and equitable and variable from time to time, so much so that the tenancy would be towards the obliteration of the difference.

(vi) Under the Gandhian economic order, the character of production will be determined by social necessity and not by personal greed

AIM

The revolutions that are raised from time to time in different countries are motivated by the same objectives of human dignity, justice, and equity.

It is very clear that the idea is relevant today as it aims at the social, economic, and political changes in the world.

Though the Gandhian concept of trusteeship provides us with an idea of how to narrow the class gap.

TRUSTEESHIP v/s MARXISM

Gandhian theory can be understood only in the context of certain basic spiritual values of the Indian tradition.

Marxian socialism aims at the destruction of the class called capitalists, whereas the Gandhian approach is not to destroy, but to reform it.

Gandhian socialism, being ethical, is different from Marxia'" socialism. Man, to him, is an ethical being first and a social being later.

TRUSTEESHIP v/s MARXISM

Marxian socialism harps on violence, Gandhian socialism aims at a change of heart on the part of the rich