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Sociological perspectives of “Right to work” in India

  • UPSC 1990
  • Caste System

The right to work sits in Article 41, among the Directive Principles, read with Article 39(a) on adequate means of livelihood and Article 43 on a living wage. It is not justiciable, though the Supreme Court has drawn livelihood into the right to life under Article 21. Sociologically what matters is what work does in…

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