42. Provision for just and humane conditions of work and maternity relief.—The State shall make
provision for securing just and humane conditions of work and for maternity relief.
43. Living wage, etc., for workers.—The State shall endeavour to secure, by suitable legislation or
economic organisation or in any other way, to all workers, agricultural, industrial or otherwise, work, a
living wage, conditions of work ensuring a decent standard of life and full enjoyment of leisure and social
and cultural opportunities and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to promote cottage industries on an
individual or co-operative basis in rural areas.
44.Uniform civil code for the citizens.—The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform
civil code throughout the territory of India.
45. Provision for early childhood care and education to children below the age of six years.—
The State shall endeavour to provide early childhood care and education for all children until they complete
the age of six years.
46. Promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and
other weaker sections.—The State shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests
of the weaker sections of the people, and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes,
and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation.
47. Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve
public health.—The State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its
people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties and, in particular, the State shall
endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating
drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health.
48. Organisation of agriculture and animal husbandry.—The State shall endeavour to organise
agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall, in particular, take steps for
preserving and improving the breeds, and prohibiting the slaughter, of cows and calves and other milch and
draught cattle.
49. Protection of monuments and places and objects of national importance.—It shall be the
obligation of the State to protect every monument or place or object of artistic or historic interest, 2
[declared
by or under law made by Parliament] to be of national importance, from spoliation, disfigurement,
destruction, removal, disposal or export, as the case may be.
50. Separation of judiciary from executive.—The State shall take steps to separate the judiciary from
the executive in the public services of the State.
51. Promotion of international peace and security.—The State shall endeavour to—
(a) promote international peace and security;
(b) maintain just and honourable relations between nations;
(c) foster respect for international law and treaty obligations in the dealings of organised peoples
with one another; and
(d) encourage settlement of international disputes by arbitration.