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Consider the following statements regarding the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP):
1. The non-justifiable directives to the State are contained in Part IV of the Constitution.
2. The socialistic ideals of founding fathers of the Constitution found their place in DPSP.
3. DPSPs are applicable only to the Central Government.
Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

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Important Points to Remember in Chapter -1 - Part IV Directive Principles of State Policy from Cengage Experts Team Indian Polity For UPSC And State Civil Services Examinations Solutions

Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) (Part IV, Art. 36-51)

1. The concept of Directive Principles of State Policy was borrowed from the Irish Constitution.

2. They are general directives that call for the action of the state in certain areas. 

3. Fundamental rights are, in general, a protection against state action. DPSP on the other hand, promotes state action in certain circumstances.

4. DPSPs are non-justiciable. They are not enforceable in a court of law.

Article Directive Principles of State Policy
36 In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, “the State” has the same meaning as in Part III.
37 The provisions contained in this Part shall not be enforceable by any court, but the principles therein laid down are nevertheless fundamental in the governance of the country and it shall be the duty of the State to apply these principles in making laws.
38

1. The State shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social order in which justice, social, economic and political, shall inform all the institutions of the national life.

2. The State shall, in particular, strive to minimise the inequalities in income, and endeavour to eliminate inequalities in status, facilities and opportunities, not only amongst individuals but also amongst groups of people residing in different areas or engaged in different vocations.
39

The State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards securing—

a. That the citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means of livelihood;

b. That the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as best to subserve the common good;

c. That the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the common detriment;

d. That there is equal pay for equal work for both men and women;

e. That the health and strength of workers, men and women, and the tender age of children are not abused and that citizens are not forced by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age or strength;

f. That children are given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and that childhood and youth are protected against exploitation and against moral and material abandonment.
40 The State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government
41 The State shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development, make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement, and in other cases of undeserved want.
42 The State shall make provision for securing just and humane conditions of work and for maternity relief.
43 The State shall endeavour to secure, by suitable legislation or economic organisation or in any other way, to all workers, agricultural, industrial or otherwise, work, a living wage, conditions of work ensuring a decent standard of life and full enjoyment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to promote cottage industries on an individual or co-operative basis in rural areas. 43A. The State shall take steps, by suitable legislation or in any other way, to secure the participation of workers in the management of undertakings, establishments or other organisations engaged in any industry.
44  The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizensa uniform civil code throughout the territory of India
45 The State shall endeavour to provide, within a period of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution, for free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of fourteen years.
46 The State shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation.
 
47 The State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health.
 
48 The State shall endeavour to organise agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall, in particular, take steps for preserving and improving the breeds, and prohibiting the slaughter, of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.
 
49 It shall be the obligation of the State to protect every monument or place or object of artistic or historic interest,[declared by or under law made by Parliament] to be of national importance, from spoliation, disfigurement, destruction, removal, disposal or export, as the case may be.
 
50 The State shall take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State.
51

The State shall endeavour to—
a. Promote international peace and security;

b. Maintain just and honourable relations between
nations;

c. Foster respect for international law and treaty
obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with
one another; and

d. Encourage settlement of international disputes
by arbitration.