Whether the concept of trust trusteeship is relevant even today, give an example.

 Gandhi’s doctrine of trusteeship is a social and economic philosophy aiming to bring justice in the society. It provides a means by which the wealthy people would be the trustees of the trust that looked after the welfare of the people in general. Gandhi believed that the wealthy people could be persuaded to part with their wealth to help the poor.

This principle reflects Gandhis spiritual development, which he partly to his deep involvement with the theosophical literature and the study of the Bhagavad Gita. Gandhi holds that labour is superior to capital. He is not in favour of inciting labour against capital. Unlike Marxism, he does not believe that class struggle is the key of social development.

Gandhi believes that even the rich people the so called capitalist are after att human beings, and as such they also have in them an element of essential goodness that everyman necessarily possesses.

If that element aroused and if the capitalist is also won over by love, they would be persuaded to believe that the wealth in their possession should be utilised for the good of the poor. The rich people should be made to realise that the capital in their hands is the fruit of the labour of the poor men.

This realisation would make them perceive that the welfare of the society lies in using capital and resources for the good of others and not for one’s personal comforts. Thus, it is apparent that Gandhi’s doctrine of trusteeship is based on a sense of morality and love.

This doctrine is nothing but a sincer practice of the doctrine of the Non-possession. The rich also must be made to realise, through a loving process, the merit of Non-possession.

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