Constitution of India, 1949
39. Certain principles of policy to be
followed by the State:-
The State shall, in particular, direct its
policy towards securing-
(a) that the citizens, men and women equally,
have the right to an adequate means to livelihood;
(b) that the ownership and control of the
material resources of the community are so distributed as best to subserve the
common good;
(c) that the operation of the economic system
does not result in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the
common detriment;
(d) that there is equal pay for equal work for
both men and women;
(e) that the health and strength of workers,
men and women, and the tender age of children are not abused and that citizens
are not forced by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age
or strength;
(f) that children are given opportunities and
facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and
dignity and that childhood and youth are protected against exploitation and
against moral and material abandonment.