Article 39 of the Constitution of India

towards securing— (a) that the citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means of livelihood; (b) that the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as bestto subserve the common good; (c) that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth and meansof production to the common detriment; (d) that there is equal pay for equal work for both men and women;Definition. Application of the principlescontained in thisPart. State to secure a social order forthe promotion ofwelfare of thepeople. Certain principles of policy to befollowed by theState. 1Art. 38 renumbered as cl. (1) thereof by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 9 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979). 2Ins. by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f 20-6-1979). (e) that the health and strength of workers, men and women, and the tender age of children are notabused and that citizens are not forced by economicnecessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age orstrength; 1[(f) that children are given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and inconditions of freedom and dignity and that childhoodand youth are protected against exploitation andagainst moral and material abandonment.] 2[39A. The State shall secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice, on a basis of equalopportunity, and shall, in particular, provide free legalaid, by suitable legislation or schemes or in any otherway, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice arenot denied to any citizen by reason of economic or otherdisabilities.]