International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 - 3565 2 8 2013 August 14 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s theory of State Socialism 38 41 EN MohamadDiah Nurazzura 1 Mohamad Diah Department of Sociology and Anthropology, KIRKHS, International Islamic University Malaysia, MALAYSIA Karunanidhi S. 1 Department of Psychology, University of Madras, Chennai, INDIA Chitra T. 2 Consultant Psychologist, o. No. 23a, n. No. 105a, Sivan Koil Street, Kodambakkam, Chennai, INDIA Kumari Meena 1 M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana INDIA Purkayastha Subrata 1 Department of Geography, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong. Meghalaya, INDIA Zulfiqar Shah 1 Inter-disciplinary Research, IASE Deemed University, Sardar Shahar, Rajasthan, INDIA Badal Sarkar 1 Dept. of Political Science, University of Gour Banga, Malda PO-Mokdumpur, Dist- West Bengal, INDIA > Research Article 2013 7 6 2013 August 14 This paper is made an attempt to explore the contributions of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar relating to ‘State Socialism’ in India. As an economist, he propagated that the state is the owner of the land. To him, the basic industries should be state monopolies. He thought that the state socialism can achieve by state control over land, industries, religions, caste and through an elaborate scheme of constitutional method. According to Ambedkar, caste consciousness hampers the all economic systems. He suggested nationalisation of life insurance and advocated state management and state ownership in industry for the benefit of the poor and down-trodden classes. The concept of state socialism is based on the principles of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity. To him, men are different from each other due to their birth, mental ability and faculty, hereditary and social atmosphere, but they should have right to equal opportunities through the constitutional method. To promote rapid economic development through creation and expansion of infrastructure, promote redistribution of income and wealth, to create more employment opportunities, promote financial resources, to promote small- scale industries etc. are the objectives of the public sector or state-owned industries. The state is the owner of the land. It is the duty of the state to redistribute the land to those people who are poor farmers of the society. He wanted to abolish the Zamindars system. Copyright@ International Science Community Association