Which part of the Indian Constitution deals with the concept of Welfare State? 

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  1. Preamble
  2. Judicial Review
  3. Fundamental Rights
  4. Directive Principles of State Policy

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Option 4 : Directive Principles of State Policy
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The correct answer is Directive Principles.

Key Points 
 Directive Principles of state policy are about establishing social and economic democracy in the state.

  • These are some basic principles or instructions or guidelines for the government while formulating laws/policies of the country and in executing them.
  • Directive Principles aim at the establishment of welfare states.
  • Indian Constitution  Part IV tells about DPSP.
  • The concept of DPSP is taken from Irish Constitution
  • It is not justiciable in court.
  • Dr. B.R Ambedkar called it "the novel feature of Indian Constitution". 

Additional Information

  • Fundamental rights are the basic human rights enshrined in the constitution of India in Part III
    • Fundamental rights are justiciable in court.
    • The idea of fundamental rights taken from the US constitution
  • The idea of Fundamental Duties is inspired by the Constitution of Russia.
    • These were incorporated in Part IV-A of the Constitution by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976 on the recommendations of the Swaran Singh Committee.
    • Originally 10 in number, one more duty was added through the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002. All the eleven duties are listed in Article 51-A of the Constitution (the sole Article in Part-IV-A).
    • However, like the Directive Principles, the duties are also non-justiciable in nature.
  • The Preamble was taken from the US constitution
    • Source of the authority of the constitution: It derives its authority from the people of India
    • Nature of Indian state: It declares India to be a sovereign, socialistic, secular democratic, and republican polity
    • Objectives of the constitution: It specifies justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity as the objectives
    • Date of adoption: Nov 26th, 1949.

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