PART IV[१]
DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY
Definition.36. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, 'the State' has the same meaning as in Part III.
Application of the
principles con-
tained in this part.:37. The provisions contained in this Part shall not be enforceable by any court, but the principles therein laid down are never theless fundamental in the governance of the country and it shall be the duty of the State to apply these principles in making laws.
State to secure a
social order for
the promotion of
welfare of the
people.38. 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.
Certain principles
of policy to be
followed by the
State.39. The State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards securing—
- (a) that the citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means of livelihood;
- (b) that the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as best to subserve the common good;
- (c) that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the common detriment;
- (d) that there is equal pay for equal work for both men and women;
- (e) that the health and strength of workers, men and women, and the tender age of children are not abused and that citizens are not forced by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age or strength;
- (f) that childhood and youth are protected against exploitation and against moral and material abandonment.
Organisation of
village panchayats.40. The State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.
Right to work, to
education and to
public assistance
in certain cases.41. 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, and in other cases of undeserved want.
Provision for just
and humane con-
ditions of work
and maternity
relief.
42. The State shall make provision for securing just and humane conditions of work and for maternity relief.
- ↑ Not applicable to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
