{"id":2179,"date":"2024-04-25T04:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2024-04-25T04:30:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:00:30","slug":"q-with-reference-to-the-provisions-contained-in-part-iv-of-the-constitution-of-india-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-the-provisions-contained-in-part-iv-of-the-constitution-of-india-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to the provisions contained in Part IV of the Constitution of India, which of the following statements is\/are correct?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They\u00a0<strong>shall be enforceable<\/strong>\u00a0by courts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They shall not be enforceable by any court.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The principles laid down in this part are to influence the making of laws by the State.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(d) 2 and 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-66295f2993320\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Part IV\u00a0<\/strong>of the Indian Constitution deals with the\u00a0<strong>Directive Principles of our State Policy (DPSP)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They denote the ideals that the governments in India,\u00a0<strong>both Central as well as State<\/strong>, should keep in mind while formulating policies and enacting laws.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The provisions contained in this Part<strong>\u00a0cannot be enforced by any court.\u00a0<\/strong>DPSPs are\u00a0<strong>positive obligations on the state<\/strong>, though\u00a0<strong>not enforceable in a court of law<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The principles laid down in this part are\u00a0<strong>to influence the making of laws by the State.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They constitute a\u00a0<strong>very comprehensive socio-economic and political program<\/strong>\u00a0that would aid in achieving socio-economic justice and setting the foundation for a\u00a0<strong>modern and welfare state<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"features-of-the-directive-principles-of-state-policy\"><strong>Features of the Directive Principles of State Policy<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The salient\u00a0<strong>features<\/strong>\u00a0of the\u00a0<strong>Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP)<\/strong>\u00a0in the Indian Constitution are as follows:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Constitutional Instructions:<\/strong>\u00a0They denote the constitutional instructions to the State in dealing with legislative, executive, and administrative matters. Thus, they serve as ideals to be kept in mind by the state while formulating policies and enacting laws.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Non-Justiciable:<\/strong>\u00a0Unlike the Fundamental Rights, which are legally enforceable, the DPSPs are non-justiciable. Thus, they are\u00a0<strong>not legally enforceable by the courts<\/strong>\u00a0for their violation and the\u00a0<strong>governments cannot be compelled<\/strong>\u00a0to implement them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aimed at Welfare State:<\/strong>\u00a0They aim at realizing the ideals of\u00a0<strong>Justice, Liberty, Equality,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Fraternity<\/strong>\u00a0as envisaged in the\u00a0Preamble to the<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/salient-features-of-indian-constitution\/\">\u00a0Indian Constitution<\/a>. Thus, they embody the concept of a \u2018Welfare State\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aimed at Socio-Economic Democracy:<\/strong>\u00a0They constitute very comprehensive\u00a0<strong>economic, social, and political programs<\/strong>\u00a0that seek to establish\u00a0<strong>socio-economic democracy<\/strong>\u00a0in the country. Thus, they aim to establish a\u00a0<strong>modern democratic state.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Promote Good Governance:<\/strong>\u00a0They allow for adaptation and innovation in governance to meet the objectives of\u00a0<strong>socio-economic development.<\/strong>\u00a0Thus, they promote good governance practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Resemblance to \u2018Instrument of Instructions\u2019:<\/strong>\u00a0As noted by\u00a0<strong>Dr. Ambedkar<\/strong>, they resemble the \u2018Instrument of Instructions\u2019 enumerated in the Government of India Act of 1935.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aids Judiciary:<\/strong>\u00a0Though non-justiciable, they help the courts in examining and determining the constitutional validity of a law.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As ruled by the Supreme Court, in determining the constitutionality of any law,\u00a0<strong>if<\/strong>\u00a0a court finds that the\u00a0<strong>law in question seeks to give effect to a Directive Principle<\/strong>, it may consider such law to be\u00a0<strong>\u2018reasonable\u2019 in relation to Article 14<\/strong>\u00a0(Equality before Law and Equal Protection of Laws) or\u00a0<strong>Article 19<\/strong>\u00a0(Protection of Six Freedoms).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below: Answer:&nbsp;(d) 2 and 3 only Notes: Features of the Directive Principles of State Policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[39],"years":[53],"class_list":["post-2179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-indian-polity","years-53"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":39,"label":"Indian Polity"}],"years":[{"value":53,"label":"2020"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":39,"name":"Indian Polity","slug":"indian-polity","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":39,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":188,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}