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Trusteeship is a socio-economic philosophy that was propounded by Mahatma Gandhi.  It provides a means by which the wealthy people would be the trustees of trusts that looked after the welfare of the people in general. This concept was condemned by socialists as being in favor of the landlords, feudal princes and the capitalists, opposed to socialist theories.
Gandhi believed that the wealthy people could be persuaded to part with their wealth to help the poor. Putting it in Gandhiji's words "Supposing  I  have  come  by  a  fair  amount  of  wealth – either  by  way  of  legacy, or  by  means  of  trade  and  industry – I  must  know  that  all  that  wealth  does  not  belong  to me; what  belongs  to  me  is  the  right  to  an  honourable  livelihood  by  millions  of  others.   The  rest  of  my  wealth  belongs  to  the  community  and  must  be  used  for  the  welfare  of  the  community."   
Gandhi along with his followers, after their release from
prison formulated a "simple" and a "practical" formula where Trusteeship was explained. A draft practical trusteeship formula was prepared by Gandhi’s co-workers, Narhari Parikh and Kishorelal Mashruwala and it was fine-tuned by M.L. Dantwala.