⚖️ Polity & GovernanceUPSC 2020Salient Features of RPA

Which part of the Constitution of India declares the ideal of a Welfare State?

aDirective Principles of State Policy
bFundamental Rights
cPreamble
dSeventh Schedule
✓ Correct answer: a) Directive Principles of State Policy
ExplanationDPSP embodies the concept of a ‘welfare state’.A welfare state refers to a concept of government in which the state plays a key role in the economic and social well-being of its citizens.Article 38 (1) states that “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”.71

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