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Questions
There are differences of opinion regarding the significance of both the Directive Principles and the Fundamental Rights. In this context explain the following:
What is the importance of Directive Principles?
Explain the following:
Importance of Directive Principles.
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Solution
- The Directive Principles of State Policy in Part IV of the Indian Constitution aim to create a just, fair, and equitable society.
- Though illegal in court, they are essential to national governance and a moral imperative for the state to implement.
- These principles promote a welfare state by requiring the government to achieve social and economic fairness, minimize inequality, provide enough means of livelihood, assure equal pay for equal work, protect the environment, and provide free and compulsory education for children.
- While the Fundamental Rights protect individual freedoms, the Directive Principles promote social welfare.
- These ideals have inspired progressive laws and policies like the Right to Education Act and Panchayati Raj.
- In simple terms, the Directive Principles represent the Constitution-makers ambition to construct an inclusive, just, and humane society, making them the foundation of Indian democracy.
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