Avinashilingam was also an ardent Gandhian and was a staunch Gandhian economics.
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Shriman Narayan Agarwal was also an author and wrote books on Gandhian economic concepts.
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Her father-in-law abandoned the tenets of Gandhian economics, particularly its emphasis on villages, agriculture and minimal state.
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The second principle of Gandhian economic thought is small scale and locally oriented production, using local resources and meeting local needs, so that employment opportunities are made available everywhere, promoting the ideal of Sarvodaya the welfare of all, in contrast with the welfare of a few.
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The third principle of Gandhian economic thought, known as trusteeship principle, is that while an individual or group of individuals is free not only to make a decent living through an economic enterprise but also to accumulate, their surplus wealth above what is necessary to meet basic needs and investment, should be held as a trust for the welfare of all, particularly of the poorest and most deprived.