Directive Principles of State Policy

Article 36

Defines State as same as Article 12 unless the context otherwise defines.

Article 37

Application of the principles contained in this Part.

Article 38

State to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of the people.

• Article 38(1): 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(2): The State shall, in particular, strive to minimise the inequalities in income, and endeavour to eliminate inequalities in status, facilities and opportunities, not only amongst individuals but also amongst groups of people residing in different areas or engaged in different vocations.

Article 39

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
• That the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as best to subserve the common good
• That the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the common detriment
• That there is equal pay for equal work for both men and women
• 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
• That children are given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and that childhood and youth are protected against exploitation and against moral and material abandonment

Article 39A

The State shall secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice, on a basis of equal opportunity, and shall, in particular, provide free legal aid, by suitable legislation or schemes or in any other way, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities.

Article 40

Organisation of village panchayats.

Article 41

Right to work, to education and to public assistance in certain cases.

Article 42

Provision for just and humane conditions of work and maternity relief.

Article 43

The State shall endeavour to secure, by suitable legislation or economic organisation 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 and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to promote cottage industries on an individual or co-operative basis in rural areas.

Article 43A

Participation of workers in management of industries.

Article 43B

To promote voluntary formation, autonomous functioning, democratic control and professional management of co-operative societies.

Article 44

Uniform civil code for the citizens.

Article 45

Provision for early childhood, care and education to children below the age of six years.

Article 46

Promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections.

Article 47

Improvement of public health and the prohibition of intoxicating drinks and drugs.

Article 48

Organisation of agriculture and animal husbandry.

Article 48A

Protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding of forests and wild life.

Article 49

Protection of monuments and places and objects of national importance.

Article 50

Separation of judiciary from executive.

Article 51

The State shall endeavour to:

• Promote international peace and security
• Maintain just and honourable relations between nations
• Foster respect for international law and treaty obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with one another
• Encourage settlement of international disputes by arbitration