The Karachi resolution of Congress in 1931 advocated which one of the following issues?
- A.State shall not own or control key industries and services
- B.State shall handover the key industries and services to the Indian business groups
- C.State should allow the Indian business group to invest fifty per cent of the capital
- D.State shall own or control key industries and services
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Explanation
The correct answer is D, State shall own or control key industries and services. The Karachi session of March 1931 adopted the resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Programme, which gave the State this role.
The Karachi session was presided over by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, soon after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact and the execution of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. The resolution, drafted mainly by Jawaharlal Nehru, listed civil liberties, equality before law, universal adult franchise and free primary education. Its economic part promised relief to peasants, a living wage for workers and state ownership or control of key industries, mines and transport. It was the first time the Congress defined what swaraj would mean for ordinary people.
A is wrong because it says the opposite of the resolution. B is wrong because the resolution did not hand key industries to private business groups. C is wrong because no fifty per cent share for business groups was laid down.
Exam tip: Karachi 1931, president Sardar Patel, Fundamental Rights and the National Economic Programme.
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