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PART IV
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DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY
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36. Definition.—In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, “the
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State” has the same meaning as in Part III.
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37. Application of the principles contained in this Part.—The
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provisions contained in this Part shall not be enforceable by any court, but the
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principles therein laid down are nevertheless fundamental in the governance of
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the country and it shall be the duty of the State to apply these principles in
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making laws.
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38. State to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of the
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people.—(1) The State shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by
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securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social order in which justice
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,
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social, economic and political, shall inform all the institutions of the nationa
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l life.
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(2) The State shall, in particular, strive to minimise the inequalities in
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income, and endeavour to eliminate inequalities in status, facilities and
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opportunities, not only amongst individuals but also amongst groups of people
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residing in different areas or engaged in different vocations.
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39. Certain principles of policy to be followed by the State.—The
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State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards securing—
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(a) that the citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an
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adequate means of livelihood;
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(b) that the ownership and control of the material resources of the
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community are so distributed as best to subserve the common good;
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(c) that the operation of the economic system does not result in the
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concentration of wealth and means of production to the common
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detriment;
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(d) that there is equal pay for equal work for both men and women;
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(e) that the health and strength of workers, men and women, and
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the tender age of children are not abused and that citizens are not forced
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by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age or
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strength;
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(f) that children are given opportunities and facilities to develop in
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a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and that
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childhood and youth are protected against exploitation and against moral
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and material abandonment.
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THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
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39A. Equal justice and free legal aid.—The State shall secure that the
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operation of the legal system promotes justice, on a basis of equal opportunity,
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and shall, in particular, provide free legal aid, by suitable legislation or sch
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emes
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or in any other way, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not
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denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities.
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40. Organisation of village panchayats.—The State shall take steps to
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organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as
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may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.
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41. Right to work, to education and to public assistance in certain
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cases.—The State shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and
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development, make effective provision for securing the right to work, to
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education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness
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and disablement, and in other cases of undeserved want.
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42. Provision for just and humane conditions of work and maternity
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relief.—The State shall make provision for securing just and humane
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conditions of work and for maternity relief.
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43. Living wage, etc., for workers.—The State shall endeavour to
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secure, by suitable legislation or economic organisation or in any other way, to
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all workers, agricultural, industrial or otherwise, work, a living wage,
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conditions of work ensuring a decent standard of life and full enjoyment of
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leisure and social and cultural opportunities and, in particular, the State shal
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l
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endeavour to promote cottage industries on an individual or co-operative basis
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in rural areas.
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43A. Participation of workers in management of industries.—The
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State shall take steps, by suitable legislation or in any other way, to secure t
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he
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participation of workers in the management of undertakings, establishments or
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other organisations engaged in any industry.
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43B. The state shall endeavour to promote voluntary formation, autonomous
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functioning, democratic control and professional management of the co-operative societies
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44. Uniform civil code for the citizens.—The State shall endeavour to
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secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India.
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45. Provision for early childhood care and education to children
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below the age of six years.—The State shall endeavour to provide early
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childhood care and education for all children until they complete the age of six
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years.
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THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
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46. Promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled
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Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections.—The State shall
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promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker
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sections of the people, and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the
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Scheduled Tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of
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exploitation.
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47. Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard
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of living and to improve public health.—The State shall regard the raising of
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the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the
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improvement of public health as among its primary duties and, in particular, the
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State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for
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medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to
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health.
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48. Organisation of agriculture and animal husbandry.—The State
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shall endeavour to organise agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and
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scientific lines and shall, in particular, take steps for preserving and improvi
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ng
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the breeds, and prohibiting the slaughter, of cows and calves and other milch
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and draught cattle.
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48A. Protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding
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of forests and wild life.—The State shall endeavour to protect and improve the
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environment and to safeguard the forests and wild life of the country.
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49. Protection of monuments and places and objects of national
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importance.—It shall be the obligation of the State to protect every monument
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or place or object of artistic or historic interest, declared by or under law ma
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de
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by Parliament to be of national importance, from spoliation, disfigurement,
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destruction, removal, disposal or export, as the case may be.
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50. Separation of judiciary from executive.—The State shall take steps
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to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State
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.
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51. Promotion of international peace and security.—The State shall
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endeavour to—
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(a) promote international peace and security;
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(b) maintain just and honourable relations between nations;
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(c) foster respect for international law and treaty obligations in the
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dealings of organised peoples with one another; and
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(d) encourage settlement of international disputes by arbitration.
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