Directive Principles of State Policy

• 36DefinitionIn this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, “the State” has the same meaning as in Part III.
• 37Application of the principles contained in this PartThe provisions contained in this Part shall not be enforceable by any court, but the principles therein laid down are nevertheless fundamental in the governance of the country and
• 38State to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of the people(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,
• 39Certain principles of policy to be followed by the StateThe 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 t
• 39AEqual justice and free legal aidThe 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 legis
• 40Organisation of village panchayatsThe 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.
• 41Right to work, to education and to public assistance in certain casesThe 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
• 42Provision for just and humane conditions of work and maternity reliefThe State shall make provision for securing just and humane conditions of work and for maternity relief.
• 43Living wage, etc, for workersThe 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 wag
• 43AParticipation of workers in management of industriesThe State shall take steps, by suitable legislation or in any other way, to secure the participation of workers in the management of undertakings, establishments or other organisat
• 44Uniform civil code for the citizensThe State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India.
• 45Provision for free and compulsory education for childrenThe State shall endeavour to provide, within a period of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution, for free and compulsory education for all children until they complet
• 46Promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sectionsThe 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
• 47Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public healthThe 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 parti
• 48Organisation of agriculture and animal husbandryThe State shall endeavour to organise agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall, in particular, take steps for preserving and improving the breeds,
• 48AProtection and improvement of environment and safeguarding of forests and wild lifeThe State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wild life of the country.
• 49Protection of monuments and places and objects of national importanceIt shall be the obligation of the State to protect every monument or place or object of artistic or historic interest, declared by or [under law made by Parliament] to be of nation
• 50Separation of judiciary from executiveThe State shall take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State.
• 51Promotion of international peace and securityThe State shall endeavour to—   (a) promote international peace and security;   (b) maintain just and honourable relations between nations;   (c) foster respect for internati