Directive Principles of Our Country

Our constitution aims for socio-economic justice for the country’s people; hence the directive principles were coined. The directive principles were appointed in PART IV of the body. These guidelines or principles are well known as directive principles of state policies. The idea of these directive principles was taken from the constitution of the Irish republic. The policies of the government are moderated and guided by these state policies.

Directive Principles are fundamental guidelines for the central and the state, essential for governing a diverse country like India. These basic guidelines mainly function as guidelines to make decisions as a government. These principles guide the government to maintain a balance in the sectors such as economy and society. The construction of these principles is only based on the community’s welfare and the crowd. 

Three Main Divisions Of The Directive Principles

These state policies are divided into three categories: economic and social principles, the Gandhian regulations, Principles, and Policies that relate to international peace and security, and miscellaneous.

• The economic and social principles comprise the following guidelines;
•  To provide adequate means of living for both men and women.

1. 1. They help reorganize the economic system to avoid the concentration of wealth in a few hands.
   2. They help secure equal pay for equal work for both men and women.
   3. They secure suitable employment and healthy working conditions for men, women, and children.
   4. They guard the children against exploitation and moral degradation.
   5. They are making adequate provisions for securing the right to work, education, and public assistance in unemployment, old age, sickness, and disablement.
   6.  They are making provisions for securing just and humane work conditions and for maternity relief. 
   7. They are taking steps to secure workers’ participation in the management of undertakings etc.
   8. They promote the education and economic interests of working sections of the people, especially the SCs and STs.
   9. They are securing all the workers’ reasonable leisure and cultural opportunities.
   10. They make efforts to raise the standard of living and public health.
   11.  They provide early childhood care and education to all children until they complete six years.

• Some principles are based on the ideals advocated by Mahatma Gandhi. These Principles are as follows. 

1. 1. To organize village Panchayats.
   2. To promote cottage industries in rural areas.
   3. To ban intoxicating drinks and drugs that are dangerous to health.
   4. To preserve and improve the cattle breeds and prohibit the slaughter of cows, calves, and other milch and animals.

• Directive Principles of State Policy that is related to International Peace And Security: India renders active cooperation for global peace and security, and for that, the state shall endeavor to 

1. 1. Promote international peace and security.
   2. Maintain just and honorable relations between nations. 
   3. They foster respect for international laws and other treaty obligations.
   4. They encourage settlements of international disputes by mutual agreement.

• The Directive Principles also call upon the state. 

1. 1. Uniform civil code of our country. 
   2. To protect historical monuments.
   3. To save the environment from pollution and protect wildlife. 
   4.  Helps in making arrangements for disbursement of free legal justice through suitable legislation. 

Directive Principles On Education

The government has been promoting education for everyone since independence. The literacy rate in our country was only fourteen percent during the liberation. 

1. The attempts have been successful in certain areas, mainly the big cities. Still, a significant portion of the country is illiterates. The higher population of illiterate people are between the age of fifteen to thirty-five. 
2. Since the nineteenth century, the government has launched many educational programs and missions to promote the illiteracy urge throughout the country. 
3. DPSP articles have supported the government to provide education for the underprivileged and other children deprived of academic training.
4. Several open and night schools have been established to reach out to primary education and teach young children of various ages. The educational policies have proven that age has no barrier to learning and gaining basic academic skills.
5. The 86th Amendment Act, 2002 list of Fundamental Rights under Article 21A states that children under fourteen years will be given free and compulsory education in government centers and schools.

Fundamental Rights And Directive Principles

The relationship between fundamental rights and the directive principles of state policy are complementary to each other. The DPSP articles and the rights are both developed and evolved based on the government’s attitude towards them equally. Both sections of the article are dependent on each other, and they are the core of our constitution.

 The ordinary people and their popular demands are mainly considered via the fundamental policies involved with the directive principles. Hence, the rights and the regulations are also complementary to each other. 

1. The socio-economic are much attended by the directive principles, which are again supported by the fundamental rights section. 
2. Child labor has been attempted to be critically ousted by the fundamental and directive principle. 
3. Several missions and principles promoted by these principles support education and a proper development environment for deprived children. 
4. The employment of children below fourteen years old is banned.

The state is desired to follow these fundamental rights and the directive principles of the state policies. However, these DPSP articles are not enforceable by the constitution; they form articles 36 to 51 of the constitution. And the fundamental rights comprise articles 14 to 31 of the constitution.