EXIIM – Extensive, Indigenous, Industrial Model
A CONVERGENCE OF ECONOMY AND ECOLOGY
An Extensive, Indigenous, Industrial Model, EXIIM, (to be pronounced as “exceem”) model was what had kept the Indian Export- Import graph scaling upwards for millennia.
It was a model based on
*small footprints
*decentralism and
*the innate nature of Nature.
It was not an imposed manmade model based on power, rather it was
*a model, where one’s duty to care for Nature took precedence over one’s rights on Nature’s bounty.
*a model, where community wellbeing took precedence over one’s own individual rights to the wealth of the civilization
*a model that was extensive in spread but inclusive such that it included even the smallest aspect of every small link, whether living or non-living, in the entire chain from production to consumption to sustenance.
*a model that was ecologically sensitive and economically successful. .
*a model that was in union, Yoga, between Economy and Ecology.
TENETS OF INDIA’S EXIM MODEL
Extensive Indigenous Industrial Model
Right over Nature’s Bounty vs Duty to care for Nature
For Individual Wellbeing Vs For Community Wellbeing
Extensive In Spread & Inclusive upto smallest link
Ecologically Sensitive & Economically Successful
Economy + Ecology
ROOTS OF INDIA’S EXIM
1. Artshastra All these come from the princples that have been espoused in Chanakya alias Kautilya’s Artha Shastra, the Indian Code for Administra- tive and Economic Practices, which is over 2000 years old. Its variants and local adaptations have been practiced all across the land for the last 2 millennia.
2. This Artha Shastra in turn takes its points from Vidura Niti which was compiled by Vidura, the uncle of the Pandava and Kaurava of the Mahabharta and the wise counsel of the prosperous Hastinapura dynasty.
3. These in turn draw from the principles taught by Bheeshma, the grand sire of the Kuru dynasty of Hastinapura to Yudhishtra, the Pandava king, from his deathbed, after the Mahabharata war.
4. This in turn draws from the principles espoused by Rama to Lakshmana in the forests called Ramokhya Niti as well as those espoused by Ravana, the great King of Lanka to Lakshmana after Ravana lost in battle to Rama.
5. The Ramokhya Niti in turn expands on the principles of Rama Rajya as espoused by Rama to Bharata in Kaschit Sarga.
6. This in turn draws from Pushkara Niti, the teachings of Pushkara to Rama.
7. Which in turn draws from the body of management principles that have been coming down down to us in the form of the Agni Purana, through the lineage of wise seers, kings and counsels.
This shows that this land and civilization, have had a time tested, humanistic, ecologic, economic, administrative and management model, all rolled into one. That, it was a model had kept the civilization viable, vibrant and sustainable, not just for a few decades as the current economic models look at, not even for a few centuries but for the last 7 millennia and more.
We thus have plethora of models to draw from across times, across the land such as:
*Pushkara Model
*Rama Model
*Ravana Model
*Bheeshma Model
*Vidura Model
*Kautilya Model
The word Dharma and some of the ancient works we mention here of Rama, Bheeshma, Vidura etc. are not religious in nature. These are economic administrative models that they had espoused clearly during their times.
What we see, is a continuity in the basic thought of economics and administration across millennia, from Pushkara to Chanakya, spanning over 5 millennia, from 5000 BCE to 2000 CE.
For the present day world, Chankaya himself is ancient. These texts predate him by 5000 years. Imagine the antiquity of these models practiced over time and fathom the depth of their thought!
LINGARAJ PANDA ,BARIPADA
