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                                June 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
                               
                            
                        
                            *🛡️Directive Principles Of State policy DPSP* 
♟️The constitution of India aims to establish not only political democracy but also socioeconomic justice to the people to establish a welfare state. 
♟️These provisions are given in Part IV of Indian Constitution. 
♟️Directive Principles of state policy are in the form of instructions to the governments at the centre as well as states. 
♟️Though these principles are non justiciable, they are fundamental in the governance of the country. 
♟️The idea of the Directive Principles of State Policy has been taken from the 
Irish Republic .
♟️The Directive Principles of State policy were incorporated in our constitution in order to provide economic justice and to avoid concentration of wealth in the hands of few people. 
♟️The constitution covers from Article 36 to 51 as Directive Principles of State 
Policy. 
♟️They are unique blend of socialistic, liberal, democratic and Gandhian Principles. 
♟️They describe as the ‘conscience of the constitution’. 
♟️In the “State of Tamil Nadu etc. Vs L.Abu Kavur Bai” case in 1984 , the Supreme court held that although directive principles of State Policy are not enforceable, yet the court should not avoid them.