Basics
- The Directive Principles of State Policy are enumerated in Part IV of the Constitution from Articles 36 to 51.
- Borrowed from Irish Constitution.
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar described these principles as ‘novel features’ of the Indian Constitution.
- The Directive Principles along with the Fundamental Rights contain the philosophy of the Constitution.
Features
- Instruction to state for achieving socio – economic development.
- Not enforceable by the court of justice.
- The Directive Principles resemble the ‘Instrument of Instructions’ enumerated in the Government of India Act of 1935.
- The Directive Principles constitute a very comprehensive economic, social and political programme for a welfare state.
- They aim at realising the high ideals of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity as outlined in the Preamble to the Constitution.