The ideal of ‘Welfare State’ in the Indian Constitution is enshrined in its
Preamble
Directive Principles of State Policy
Fundamental Rights
Seventh Schedule
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– Part IV of the Constitution, containing DPSPs (Articles 36-51), lays down principles that the State should follow in governance, aiming to create a social order in which justice, social, economic and political, shall inform all the institutions of national life. Examples include provisions related to securing adequate means of livelihood, preventing concentration of wealth, equal pay for equal work, right to work, education and public assistance, living wage, participation of workers in management, public health, etc.
– Fundamental Rights (Part III) are limitations on the state’s power and protect individual liberties, rather than directly enshrining the ideal of a welfare state.
– The Seventh Schedule deals with the distribution of legislative powers between the Union and States.