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Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties - Short Trick

Articles 36–51, Gandhian principles, the 42nd’s three “A”s, sources and the eleven duties — one sentence each

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  • Guru Ram Each coloured word = one name in the list, shown below in the same colour
  • Panda Two colours in one word = two names
  • ➜ Order the numbered order matters · ⇄ Any order no order
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Articles 36 to 43B

The first twelve articles of Part IV — each number tied to an everyday phrase.

Pairs

Article — directive

11 sentences

A stadium with thirty-six gates

State (meaning for Part IV)=Art 36 — same meaning as in Part III (Art 12)

Courts returned thirty-seven petitions.

Courts cannot enforce them, yet they are fundamental=Art 37 — not enforceable by any court, but fundamental in governance; the State must apply them in making laws

A welfare camp for thirty-eight villages

Welfare social order=Art 38 — social, economic and political justice · 38(2) reduce inequalities of income, status, facilities and opportunities (44th, 1978) · socialist

Livelihood for thirty-nine families

Livelihood, resources and equal pay=Art 39 — (a) livelihood for all (b) material resources shared for the common good (c) no concentration of wealth (d) equal pay for equal work for men and women (e) health of workers and children (f) healthy growth of children · 39(b), (c) shielded by Art 31C · socialist

Free legal help in room thirty-nine A

Legal aid (free) and equal justice=Art 39A — 42nd Amendment, 1976 · socialist

A village meeting of forty people

Village panchayats=Art 40 — Gandhian · fulfilled by the 73rd Amendment (1992)

Work for forty-one days

Work, education and public assistance=Art 41 — help in unemployment, old age, sickness, disablement · MGNREGA · socialist

Maternity ward number forty-two

Maternity relief and humane conditions of work=Art 42 — Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017: paid leave raised from 12 to 26 weeks · socialist

A cotton weaver made forty-three saris.

Cottage industries and a living wage=Art 43 — living wage (socialist) + rural cottage industries (Gandhian) · Khadi and Village Industries Commission

The manager met workers in room forty-three A.

Management — workers take part=Art 43A — 42nd Amendment, 1976 · socialist

Co-op dairy number forty-three B

Co-operative societies=Art 43B — 97th Amendment, 2011 · Gandhian

Part IV, Arts 36–51 · borrowed from Ireland · like the “Instrument of Instructions” of the 1935 Act · not enforceable because the new State lacked money and resources.

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Articles 44 to 51

The other nine articles of Part IV — from the uniform civil code to international peace.

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Groups, Amendments and Directives Outside Part IV

The Gandhian principles, the three “A” articles of the 42nd Amendment, and three directives outside Part IV.

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Rights vs Directives

Where each came from, and two big judgments on their clash.

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Fundamental Duties (Art 51A)

The eleven duties in order, and where they came from.

Read the full chapter for the complete notes — a trick helps you remember the list; understanding comes from the notes.