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description: "Gandhian trusteeship asserts that the wealthy are trustees of their surplus, responsible for using it for society's benefit, a key concept in ethics for UPSC."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- Gandhian trusteeship is an ethical doctrine holding that the wealthy hold their surplus property in trust for society and must administer it for the common good.
- How does Gandhian trusteeship differ from socialism?
- Was Gandhian trusteeship purely voluntary?
- Is India's CSR mandate an example of trusteeship?
- What are the main criticisms of the doctrine?

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During the Bhoodan movement Gandhi inspired, Vinoba Bhave in 1951 persuaded the landlord Vedre Ramachandra Reddy of Pochampally, Telangana, to donate land for the landless, applying trusteeship to agrarian property.

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