Mains Paper I · 2 Indian Constitution · 2.8 DPSP and Fundamental Duties

2.8.1 Directive Principles: features and classification

The Directive Principles in Part IV are instructions to the State for building a welfare state. Courts cannot enforce them, but the Constitution calls them fundamental in the governance of the country.

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Key terms

  • DPSP
  • Part IV
  • non-justiciable
  • Irish Constitution
  • Instrument of Instructions
  • socialistic
  • Gandhian
  • liberal-intellectual
  • welfare state

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