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TOPIC INFO – CUET PG (Political Science)
SUB-TOPIC INFO – Indian Government and Policies
CONTENT TYPE – Short Notes
What’s Inside the Chapter? (After Subscription)
1. Background
2. Provisions of the Constitution
3. Quotes about DPSP
4. DPSP characteristics
5. Classification of Principles
5.1. Directives based on Socialist Principles
5.2. Directives based on Gandhian Principles
5.3. Directives based on Liberal-Intellectual Principles
6. DPSP Amendments
7. DPSPs were rendered non-justiciable for the following reasons
8. Conflicts Between Fundamental Rights and the DPSP: Case Studies
9. DPSP Implementation: Related Acts and Amendments
10. Difference between FR and DPSP
11. DPSPs Criticism
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Directive Principles of State Policy
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Political Science
Directive Principles of State Policy are instructions/guidelines to both the federal and state governments. Though these principles are not legally enforceable, they are critical to the country’s governance.
Background
- Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) originated in the Spanish Constitution and were incorporated into the Irish Constitution.
- Article 45 of the Irish Constitution inspired the concept of DPSP.
- The DPSP establishes socio-economic democracy.
- They were an ‘instrument of instruction’ as defined by the Government of India Act of 1935.
- Their violation is not legally enforceable by the courts.
- The concept behind the DPSP is to create a ‘Welfare State’.
- The Sapru Report of 1945 established both fundamental rights (justiciable) and DPSP(s) (non-justiciable).
- According to Article 37 of the Indian Constitution, “DPSPs are fundamental in the country’s governance, and it shall be the state’s duty to apply these principles in making laws.”
PRACTICE QUESTIONS OF THIS TOPIC
1. Directive Principles of State Policy are addressed to:
A) Citizens only
B) Both the federal and state governments
C) Judiciary only
D) Parliament only
2. DPSPs are legally:
A) Justiciable
B) Enforceable by courts
C) Non-justiciable
D) Optional for the government
3. DPSPs originated from which constitution?
A) Irish Constitution
B) Spanish Constitution
C) Both Spanish and Irish Constitutions
D) American Constitution
4. Which Article of the Irish Constitution inspired DPSPs?
A) Article 36
B) Article 45
C) Article 50
D) Article 37