Question

state any five foreign provisions of the Indian constitution which makes it a secular state

Answer 1

answered Dec 7, 2017 by priya12 (-10,100 points)

(i) No official religion : There is no official religion of the Indian state. Unlike the status of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Islam in Pakistan and Hinduism in Nepal, our Constitution does not give a special status to any religion.
(ii) Fundamental Rights : Under the Right To Freedom of Religion, our Constitution provides to all citizens freedom to profess, practice and propagate any religion, or not to follow any.
Under the Cultural and Educational Right, our Constitution prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion.
(iii) Equality : The Constitution allows the state to intervene in the matters of religion in order to ensure equality within religious communities. To ensure equality, untouchability has been banned.
(iv) Intervention of the state within religious communities : The Constitution allows the state to intervene in the matters of religion in order to ensure equality within the different religious communities.

Answer 2

The constitutional provisions which make India a ‘secular state’ are as follows;

(i) The Constitution of India does not give special recognition to any religion and there is no State religion in India, unlike, Christianity in America, Buddhism in Sri Lanka etc.

(ii) All individuals and communities have been given freedom to practice, profess and propagate any religion.

(iii) The Constitution of India puts ban on the discrimination on grounds of religion.

(iv) According to constitution state cannot intervene in the matters of religion in order to promote religious equality.