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70 Years of Indian
Constitution
Divyang people living in urban areas
Constituent Assembly. The first thing was that during the
colonial administration, Indians were not treated as humans. enjoy their rights but not fully whereas
They had no rights, no voice, no interests, etc. divyang people living in rural areas
are not aware about their rights and
As a result, the first role of the fundamental rights chapter
deprived of most of their rights
was to safeguard the rights of all human beings. Every
individual regardless of their cast, creed, religion, should
enjoy basic equality and dignity, which no state could remove. essence of the duties. All citizens enjoy the freedom of speech
Secondly, our Constitution should properly guarantee against however Clause 2 - 6 of the Article 19 allows reasonable
untouchability, forced labor, etc., and all the citizens of India limitations on the use of these rights for the interest of the
must enjoy equal rights without any discrimination. Still today, integrity and sovereignty, security, proper public order, morality
due to the curse of untouchability people belonging to some and decency of India and its states. This entails that while
society are forbidden to enter religious places but this does not using these rights one must keep in mind the duties towards
happen to other religious groups such as Muslim, Christianity, the constitutional concepts.
Buddhism, etc., why in Hinduism only. Inclusion of Fundamental Duties in the Constitution:
One of the main thing regarding divyang citizens of India, The initial thing to concentrate on is that as the citizens of
which we must notice is that their rights are not properly enjoyed India, there are broad varieties of duties, which unites us in our
by them till today. Divyang people living in urban areas enjoy daily life. These fundamental duties are both owed equally to an
their rights but not fully whereas divyang people living in rural individual and to the state. We all possess a legal responsibility
areas are not aware about their rights and deprived of most such as to pay taxes, to avoid from committing any kind of
of their rights. So, the government and civil societies together violence against the fellow-citizens, as well as to obey other
should create a framework through which we can aware them laws, which Parliament has passed. Breaching of any kind
about their rights so that they can fully understand what their legal duty triggers monetary consequences (i.e. fines), or even
rights are. a jail term. All the time, we are always following a group of
There are 6 fundamental rights in the constitution of India. duties that guide and restrain how we might behave. It is the
These areas given below: cost, which must be paid by the citizens for living in a society,
1.Right to Equality and nobody objects to pay this price.
2.Right to Freedom Fundamental Duties were included in the Part IV/A of
3.Right against Exploitation the Indian Constitution by the 42nd Amendment Act of the
4.Right to Freedom of Religion Constitution in the year 1976, during Emergency period of the
5.Cultural and Educational Rights Indira Gandhi government. At present, there are only eleven
6.Right to Constitutional Remedies. Fundamental Duties under Article 51/A, of which ten were
The section on the Fundamental Rights itself recognizes the added during 42nd Amendment whereas the eleventh was
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