Part IV · Right to Constitutional Remedies
Article 38 State to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of the people.
This article asks the State to build a just social order. Justice, social, economic, and political, must inform all the institutions of national life. The State must secure and protect such an order. The State must also strive to reduce inequalities in income. And it must work to remove inequalities in status, facilities, and opportunities.
- (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 minimise 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.
What it means
Plain words summary of the article above. Not legal advice.
This article asks the State to build a just social order. Justice, social, economic, and political, must inform all the institutions of national life. The State must secure and protect such an order. The State must also strive to reduce inequalities in income. And it must work to remove inequalities in status, facilities, and opportunities. These duties run among individuals and among groups in different areas or lines of work.