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In framing Part IV of the Constitution of India, which country's constitution provided the model for…

Article 45 of the 1937 Constitution of Ireland set out Directive Principles of Social Policy as guidance for the legislature. The Indian Constituent Assembly compared its…

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In framing Part IV of the Constitution of India, which country's constitution provided the model for the Directive Principles of State Policy?

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Article 45 of the 1937 Constitution of Ireland set out Directive Principles of Social Policy as guidance for the legislature.

The Indian Constituent Assembly compared its draft Directive Principles to the Irish provisions. Article 37 of the Constitution of India makes the principles non-enforceable by courts while treating them as fundamental in governance.

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Option A

The constitutional model identified in the framing debates was the Irish constitutional scheme.

Option B

The debates pointed to the Irish scheme of directive principles of social policy.

Option C

Article 45 of Ireland's Constitution sets out directive principles intended to guide its legislature.

Option D

The framing debates identified Ireland's constitutional directives as the comparable model for Part IV.

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