The ideal of ‘Welfare State’ in the Indian Constitution is enshrined in its
✓ Correct answer: b) Directive Principles of State Policy
ExplanationThe Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) are mentioned under Articles 36 to 51 of the Indian Constitution.The DPSPs have been borrowed from the Constitution of Ireland.It constitutes a comprehensive socio economic and political programme for a modern democratic State.DPSP embodies the concept of a ‘welfare state’.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”.78
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