Political Science · Political Institutions in India
UGC NET Jan 2025 Political Science
In which year, a constructive programme was announced by Indian National Congress?
A1922 ✓ Correct
B1924
C1930
D1935
Correct answer: (A) 1922 — The Constructive Programme was announced in 1922, which is option (1).
Explanation
★The Constructive Programme was announced in 1922, which is option (1).
★It was put forward by Mahatma Gandhi as part of the wider Non Cooperation Movement.
★Gandhi believed that true independence could not be won by political struggle alone and needed the building of a self reliant and just society.
★The programme focused on social, economic and cultural reforms aimed at improving the lives of ordinary people.
★One of its central planks was the promotion of khadi and hand spinning as a symbol of economic self reliance.
★It encouraged village and cottage industries to create local employment and reduce dependence on foreign goods.
★It made the eradication of untouchability a central social goal of the national movement.
★It promoted basic education for all and education relevant to rural life.
★It worked to strengthen Hindu Muslim unity as a foundation of the freedom struggle.
★Through these efforts Gandhi aimed to rebuild Indian society from the ground up while resisting colonial rule.
★The Constructive Programme complemented mass agitation, giving people positive work to do between phases of struggle.
★Gandhi later expanded these ideas in his 1941 booklet titled Constructive Programme: Its Meaning and Place.
★The year 1922 also saw the Chauri Chaura incident, after which Gandhi suspended the Non Cooperation Movement.
★The suspension of mass agitation made the constructive, village based work even more central to Gandhi's vision.
★For NET, tie the Constructive Programme of 1922 to the Non Cooperation Movement, the spread of khadi, the fight against untouchability, and Hindu Muslim unity.
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