History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s2.54

v7.c96.s2.54

The present writer does not think that he is competent enough to criticize the means and methods that are being adopted by the leaders of the country and to say whether they are enough to meet the high promises made and the hopes raised by certain Articles in the Constitution such as 39 (part a of which declares that the citizens have the *right to an adequate means of livelihood*), 41 (*providing for securing the right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of un-employment, old age, sickness and disablement*), 43 (*the State shall endeavour to secure to all workers, agricultural, industrial or otherwise, work, a living wage, decent standard of life and full enjoyment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities*); vide Articles 45 and 47 already quoted above (on pp. 1669, 1675)