2. State the Directive Principles promoting social and economic quality.
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There are certain principles that are very important for realizing the goals of social and economic democracy in India. Many people in India have been suffering from social and economic inequalities for ages.
The following principles, in particular, are aimed at ensuring economic and social equality:
The state should ensure its people's adequate means of livelihood.
The state should ensure fair distribution of the material resources of the country for the common good.
The state should distribute the wealth in such a way that wealth is not concentrated in a few hands.
There should be equal pay for equal work for both men and women.
The state is directed to take steps to impart compulsory and free education to the children up to the age of 14 years.
The state should try to secure the participation of workers in the management of the factory.
Childhood and Youth should be protected against exploitation. Men, women, and children should not be forced by economic necessity to enter jobs and vocations not suited to their age or strength.
The state should ensure to the people
(a) the right to work
(b) the right to education
(c) the right to state assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness, and disablement.
The state should make provisions for securing just and humane conditions of work for the workers and maternity relief for women.