History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s2.45
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s2.45
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v7.c96.s2.45
It is often said that ours is a 'Welfare State' and that what is aimed at is 'a socialistic pattern of society'. The Constitution does not employ these very words. But Art 38 appears in substance to mean that India would be a Welfare State, as it provides 'The State shall *strive to promote the welfare of the people* by securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social order in which justice, social, economic, political, shall inform all the institutions of the national life.' In the report of the Planning Commission on the 2nd Five Year Plan (which was accepted by the Government) the meaning of 'socialistic pattern of society' is set out as follows : ²⁶⁴⁴