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Parameters of New Economic Policy
From the perspective of Economics, we have tried to present a comparative study of Mahavira, Gandhi, Marx and Keynes. The question before us is not as to which thought is valid and which is not. That can well be a question before those who think in isolation and regard a specific system as valid and another system as not valid. Under the anekanta philosophy, there is always assimilation and synthesis of different elements of truth. According to it, there is no thought which may not possess some element of truth and there is no single thought which may be the whole truth. Every thought has an element of truth, and whatever we express has an expression of an element of truth. We have neither the words nor the mental ability to express the whole truth. That is why the assimilation, recognition and expression of the diverse elements of truth mean setting out on the royal route to the ultimate reality.
Why This Demand? Today, there is an urge for a new global order, and a new economic configuration. The question is why is there such a demand? It has emerged because having accepted an element of truth as total truth, we have started behaving accordingly. The present-day economic policy is based on both micro-economics
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