Extracts from The Constitution of
India
Preamble
We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India
into a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic and to secure to
all its citizens :
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
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;
In our consituent assembly this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do
hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves this constitution.
Fundamental Rights
Right to Equality
Right to Freedom
Right against Exploitation
Right to Freedom of Religion
Cultural and Educational Right
Right to Constitutional Remedies
Saving of Certain Laws
Fundamental Duties
To abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions,
the National Flag and the National Anthem;
To cherish and follow the noble ideas which inspired our national
struggle for freedom;
To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India;
To defend the country and render national service when called upon to
do so;
To promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the
people of India transending religious, linguistic and regional or
sectional diversities;to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of
women;
To value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture;
To protect and improve the natural environment including forests,
lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living
creatures;
To develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of enquiry
and reform;
To safeguard public property and to abjure violence;
To strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and
collective activity, so that the nation constantly rises to higher
levels of endeavour and achievement.
Directive Principles of State Policy
State to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of the
people;
Certain principles of policy to be followed by the state;
Organisation of village panchayats;
Right to work, to education and to public assistance in certain cases;
Provision for just and humane conditions of work and maternity relief;
Living wage, etc., for workers;
Uniform civil code for the citizens;
Provision of free and compulsory education for children;
Promotion of education and economic interests of Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections;
Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of
living and to improve public health;
Organisation of agriculture and animal husbandry;
Protection and improvment of environment and safeguarding of forests
and wild life;
Protection of monuments and places and objects of national importance;
Separation of judiciary from executive;
Promotion of international peace and security.
