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India needs production by the masses and not mass production” The above line, once said by the Father of the Nation, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, aptly brings out the methodology for achieving a sustainable growth in a developing country like India. It points to a path leading to prosperity. It has a deeper meaning than what may be conveyed literally. On one hand it may appear that mass production using machinery and new technology is desirable, but careful juxtaposition of thoughts of Bapu reflect his vision of self-reliance and rural development. He was in fact in favor of the use of most elaborate machinery to avoid idleness of individuals (Fischer, 1997). His philosophy of self-reliance and his paradigm of using technology for social progress of rural India have worked effectively in the past during the British Rule