Consider the following statements about Article 38 of

Solution

● Statement 1 is correct – Article 38(1) provides that 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 and political, shall inform all the institutions of the national life. ● Statement 2 is incorrect – Article 39 provides for equal pay for equal work. ● Statement 3 is correct – Article 38 has been amended only once by 44th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1978. It added a directive for the state to minimize the inequalities in income, status, facilities and opportunities.