Socialism
in
the
west
has
been
propounded
in
the
context
of
industrial
revolution
and
lassie
faire
capitalism
of
the
nineteenth
century.
Karl
Marx
added
a
revolutionary
dimension
to
it
by
presenting
a
class
analysis
for
civil
war.
In
India,
the
industrial
revolution
has
begun
after
independence
and
capitalism
too
was
also
having
imperialist
overtones.
So,
Pandit
Nehru,
Jai
Prakash
Narain,
Acharya
Narendra
Dev
and
Ashok
Mehta
in
their
respective
expositions
talk
of
social
welfarism,
which
has
been
the
hallmark
of
socialist
thought
even
in
Europe.
Mahatma
Gandhi's
Sarvodaya
socialism
was
a
dream
of
social
equality
and
social
justice
without
powerful
intervention
of
the
state.
Pandit
Nehru's
efforts
of
planned
development
have
been
called
'a
socialism
of
production'
rather
than
that
of
distribution.
A
poor
developing
and
agricultural
economy
must
be
industrialised
to
banish
poverty
and
eradicate
backwardness
of
the
masses.
A
number
of
Directive
Principles
of
State
Policy
such
as
equal
pay
for
equal
work,
equitable
distribution
of
national
wealth,
protection
of
old
age
maternity
and
children
from
abuse
are
pronounced
socialist
principles
which
the
Indian
Constitution
proclaims.
The
realisation
of
objectives
would
certainly
mean
an
expansion
of
the
functions
of
the
state.
The
goal
envisaged
by
the
Constitution,
therefore,
is
that
of
a
'welfare
state'
and
the
establishment
of
a
'socialist
state'
which
the
Avadi
session
of
Congress
(1955)
explained
as
a
'socialistic
pattern
of
society'
in
the
following
words.
"In
order
to
realise
the
object
of
Congress,
and
to
further
the
objectives
stated
in
the
Preamble
and
Directive
Principles
of
State
Policy
of
the
Constitution
of
India,
planning
should
take
place
with
a
view
to
the
establishment
of
a
socialistic
pattern
of
society,
where
the
principal
means
of
production
are
under
social
ownership
or
control,
production
is
progressively
speeded
up
and
there
is
equitable
distribution
of
the
national
