Consider the following provisions under the Directive Principles of State Policy as enshrined in the Constitution of India:

Securing for citizens of India a uniform civil code

Organizing village Panchayat

Promoting cottage industries in rural areas

Securing for all the workers reasonable leisure and cultural opportunities

Which of the above are Gandhian Principles reflected in the Directive of State Policy?

Question

Directive principles which are based on Gandhian ideology are:

To organise village panchaYats and endow them with necessary powers and authority to enable them to function as units of self-government (Article 40)
To promote cottage industries on an individual or co-operation basis in rural areas (Article 43)
To promote the educational and economic interests of SCs, STs, and other weaker sections ofthe society and to protect them from social injustice and exploitation (Article 46)
To prohibit the consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs which are injurious to health (Article 47)
To prohibit the slaughter of cows, calves and other milch and draught cattle and to improve their breeds (Article 48)

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2 & 3 Only Directive principles which are based on Gandhian ideology are:

To organise village panchaYats and endow them with necessary powers and authority to enable them to function as units of self-government (Article 40)
To promote cottage industries on an individual or co-operation basis in rural areas (Article 43)
To promote the educational and economic interests of SCs, STs, and other weaker sections ofthe society and to protect them from social injustice and exploitation (Article 46)
To prohibit the consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs which are injurious to health (Article 47)
To prohibit the slaughter of cows, calves and other milch and draught cattle and to improve their breeds (Article 48)

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