3. Influences

DPSP’s as enshrined in the Indian constitution are influenced by number of factors:

♤ The idea of DPSP itself was borrowed from the Constitution of Ireland.

♤ Government of India Act, 1935 contained a set of “Instrument of Instructions”.

♤ The leadership of Indian freedom struggle representing liberal democratic ideas of the west chose to include them in the Indian Constitution as moral guidelines for public policies of the welfare state.

♤ The contemporary socialist ideas also impacted the framers of the constitution. For

example, some DPSP’s related to worker welfare.

♤ Constituent Assembly was also influenced by ideas of Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of India.

For example – directive principles related to Panchayats, promotion of village industries etc.