Directive Principles of State Policy of India

The Constitution of India includes a set of Directive Principles of State Policy, which are guidelines for the government to follow in framing and implementing laws and policies. These principles, which are listed in Part IV of the Constitution, are not enforceable by the courts, but they are considered fundamental in the governance of the country, and it is the duty of the state to apply these principles in making laws.

Some of the most important Directive Principles of State Policy are:

Article 36: This article states that the state shall promote international peace and security, and foster respect for international law and treaty obligations.

Article 37: This article states that the state shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social order in which justice, social, economic, and political, shall inform all the institutions of the national life.

Article 38: This article states that the state shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting, as effectively as it may, a social order in which justice, social, economic, and political, shall inform all the institutions of the national life.

Article 39: This article states that the state shall, in particular, direct its policy towards securing that the citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means of livelihood, and that the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as best to subserve the common good.

Article 40: This article states that the state shall take steps to organize village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.

Article 41: This article states that the state shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development, make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education, and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness, and disablement.

Article 42: This article states that the state shall make provision for securing just and humane conditions of work and for maternity relief.

Article 43: This article states that the state shall endeavor to secure, by suitable legislation or economic organization or in any other way, to all workers, agricultural, industrial, or otherwise, work, a living wage, conditions of work ensuring a decent standard of life, and full enjoyment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities.

Article 43A: This article states that the state shall endeavor to secure the participation of workers in the management of industries.

Article 43B: This article states that the state shall take steps to organize village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.

Article 44: This article states that the state shall endeavor to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India.

Article 45: This article states that the state shall endeavor to provide, within a period of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution, for free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of fourteen years.

Article 46: This article states that the state shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation.

Article 47: This article states that the state shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties, and, in particular, the state shall endeavor to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and drugs which are injurious to health.

Article 48: This article states that the state shall endeavor to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country.

Article 48A: This article states that the state shall endeavor to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country.

Article 49: This article states that the state shall protect every monument or place or object of artistic or historic interest from desecration and from destruction, alteration, or removal.

Article 50: This article states that the state shall take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the state.

Article 51: This article states that the state shall endeavor to foster respect for international law and treaty obligations, and to encourage settlement of international disputes by arbitration.