Question

What do you mean by directive principles of state policy?What are the basic features of the directive principles of state policy?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Directive Principle of state policy as the term itself tells you that these are certain principles that are directed by are founding fathers while framing our constitution and government shall make efforts to address these principles while framing a state policy.

India borrowed the DPSP from Irish Constitution of 1937 which itself had borrowed it from Spanish Constitution. Further, the Government of India Act had some “instruments of Instructions” which became the immediate source of DPSP.

Features :-

DPSPs are not enforceable in a court of law. They were made non-justifiable keeping in view that the state may not have resources to implement them. All of them are novel principles which call upon the state to provide a welfare government which can bring live ideals of the constitution.