DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY
WHAT ARE DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY?
- The Constitution makers felt that bringing about equality and well-being of all citizens would be a major challenge of independent India
- To achieve this, they added some policy directions to the future Governments known as Directive Principles of state policy
WHAT DO THE DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES CONTAIN?
- Directive Principles lists mainly three things:
- The goals and objectives that we as a society should adopt
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- Protection of monuments
- Promotion of International peace
- Uniform Civil Code
WHAT DO THE DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES CONTAIN?
- Certain rights that individuals should enjoy apart from Fundamental Rights
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- Free Legal Aid
- Free and Compulsory Education
- Minimum Wage, Humane work conditions
WHAT DO THE DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES CONTAIN?
- Certain policies that Government should adopt
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- Duty of state to raise standard of living of people
- Organisation of Village Panchayats
- Promotion of Cooperative Societies
- Separation of Executive and Judiciary
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DPSPS?
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Fundamental Rights
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Directive Principles
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Restrain the government from doing certain things
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Encourage the government to do certain things
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protect the rights of individuals
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ensure the well-being of the entire society
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Are justiciable - must be enforced by the judiciary
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Are non-justiciable - cannot be enforced by the judiciary
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WHY ARE DPSPS MADE NON-JUSTICIABLE?
- The Constitution did not want future governments to be bound by certain policy decisions and
- To give future governments, the required freedom to evolve with the changing needs of the society