Later Life
After India's independence, Kumarappa worked for the Planning Commission of India and the Indian National Congress to develop national policies for agriculture and rural development. He also travelled to China, eastern Europe and Japan on diplomatic assignments and to study their rural economic systems. He spent some time in Sri Lanka, where he received Ayurvedic treatment. He settled in Madurai at the M. K. Gandhi Niketan, where he continued his work in economics and writing.
He died on 30 January 1960. After his death the Kumarappa Institute of Gram Swaraj was founded in his honour. His younger brother Bharatan was also associated with Gandhi and the Sarvodaya movement.
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