Comment on the relevance of the Directive Principles of State Policy in an era of liberalization and globalization.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 DPSP = Part IV, Arts 36–51 → Austin’s “conscience of the constitution” → liberalisation makes them more necessary, not redundant
Route 2 DPSP = welfare / social-justice directions to the state → post-1991 market shift puts their place in question → they gain relevance instead
state after 1991: protector → regulator/facilitator → market fundamentalism + rising inequality + welfare retreat → DPSP hold welfare character against roll-back → supplement FRs with socio-economic guarantees (work, food, education, health, environment) → Arts 39(b)/39(c) resist wealth concentration → Cox’s internationalisation of the state → welfare under external pressure → equity matters more → proof in MGNREGA, NFSA, RTE + Air India Statutory Corporation v. United Labour Union (DPSP read as human rights)
market-fundamentalist call to “roll back the state” + welfare retrenchment → are DPSP outdated? → no: state’s retreat and widening inequality make the welfare compass more needed, not less
Route 1 DPSP ensure growth does not override social justice
Route 2 globalisation raises the stakes → DPSP keep a retreating, market-driven state tied to equity
Model answer
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