What are the elements ensured through secularism to achieve the objective of equality?
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According to the Constitution, only a secular State can realise its objectives to ensure the following: That one religious community does not dominate another; ... That the State does not enforce any particular religion nor take away the religious freedom of individuals.
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With the Forty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India enacted in 1976,[1] the Preamble to the Constitution asserted that India is a secular nation.[2][3] Officially, secularism has always inspired modern India.[2] In practice, unlike Western notions of secularism, India's secularism does not completely separate religion and state.[2] The Indian Constitution has allowed extensive interference of the state in calling for restrictions in religious affairs.[4]
India does partially separate religion and state. For example, it does not have an official state religion and state-owned educational institutions cannot impart religious instructions and article 27 prohibits the use of tax-payer's money for funding or promoting anything religious[5].[6] The Islamic Central Wakf Council and many Hindu temples which are considered to be heritage structures of great religious significance are administered and managed by the Indian government[7][8].