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PART IV
Directive Principles of State Policy
Definition. 28. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, “the State” has the same meaning as in Part III of this Constitution. 5 Application 29. The provisions contained in this Part shall of the prin- not be enforceable by any court, but the principles ciples set therein laid down are nevertheless fundamental in forth in this the governance of the country and it shall be the duty Part. of the State to apply these principles in making 10 laws.
State to secure a social order for the promotion and welfare of the people.
Certain principles of policy to be followed by the State.
- The State shall strive to promote the welfare
of the people by securing and protecting as effective ly as it may a social order in which justice, social,
economic and political, shall inform all the institu- 15
tions of the national life.
- The State shall, in particular, direct its
policy towards securing—
(i) that the citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means of 20
livelihood;
(ii) that the ownership and control of the
material resources of the community are
so distributed as best to subserve the
25 common good;
(iii) that the operation of the economic system
does not result in the concentration of
wealth and means of production to the
common detriment;
(iv) that there is equal pay for equal work for 30
both men and women;
(v) that the strength and health of workers, men
and women and the tender age of
children are not abused and that citizens
40 are not forced by economic necessity to
enter avocations unsuited to their age or
strength;
(vi) that childhood and youth are protected
against exploitation and against moral
45 and material abandonment.