Write three provisions under Social Equality and Justice
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Answer:
Preamble "…….to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
* * * * *
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and
integrity of the Nation…."
are the first, third and fourth goals, respectively, mentioned in the
Preamble.
III.
Fundamental
Rights
23. Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour –
(1) Traffic in human beings and begar and other similar forms of forced
labour are prohibited and any contravention of this provision shall be an
offence punishable in accordance with law.
(2) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from imposing
compulsory service for public purposes, and in imposing such service the
State shall not make any discrimination on grounds only of religion, race,
caste or class or any of them.
24. Prohibition of employment of children in factories, etc. -
No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any
factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment.
IV.
Directive
Principles of
State Policy
37. Application of the principles contained in this Part –
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. State to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of
the people –
(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 minimize 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. Certain principles of policy to be followed by the State –
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
39A. Equal justice and free legal aid –
The State shall secure that the operation of the legal system promotes
justice, on a basis of equal opportunity, and shall, in particular, provide
free legal aid, by suitable legislation or schemes or in any other way, to
ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen
by reason of economic or other disabilities.
46. Promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled
Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections –
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.