LECTURE – 5 PREAMBLE

Hello everyone so in the previous class we have already covered about the Indian constituent assembly and the making of Indian constitution and today we are going to get ourselves introduced to the basic fundamentals basic concepts of the Indian constitution okay so few of these Concepts are division of powers

Separation of powers like how the powers are separated amongst different types of bodies administrative bodies within our nation we are going to study that we are also going to study about the Preamble of the Indian constitution okay we are also going to study how many parts are there in our Indian constitution what

Are the schedules of the Indian constitution okay what U how many articles are there in the Indian constitution so we’ll be getting to know about all these things in the today’s lectures it is one of the most fundamental aspects of studying Indian poity so today’s CL is indispensable if

You want to have a good command in this subject okay so I again request each of you students that get ready with your pens and copies and start learning throughout with the lectures okay so let’s get started so we are going to start with the Preamble of the Indian

Constitution so what is the preamble of Indian constitution so if you refer to any kind of book okay and as soon as you open the book you will see a prease being mentioned in the book so what does that preface says the preface tells about the overall moral of the book the

Overall basic theme of the book right so Preamble of the Indian constitution is technically the preface of the Indian constitution and what does that do it gives about the major moral ideas the major values on which Indian constitution was framed it talks about various aspects of the Indian constitution if somebody ask is

Preamble a part of Indian constitution so what is the answer so yes Preamble is an indispensable Inseparable part of Indian constitution however it is not enforcable by the court that is the answer okay you’ll get to know about this further as we’ll be covering up various other topics and feel free to

Connect to us and we’ll be able to help you out with the concepts if in case you have any doubts so the constitution of India Preamble so I’m going to trace what is the preamble so it starts with we the people of India okay so we the people of India having solemnly resolved

To constitute India into Sovereign socialist secular Democratic and Republic and to secure to all its citizens okay so this is how the Indian Preamble starts okay so basically uh Indian Preamble is called as the heart and soul of the Indian constitution so it is the heart and soul of the Indian

Constitution okay so uh Preamble if somebody asks what is the source of the Constitution of so from the Preamble of the Indian constitution we’ll get to know about various features of the Constitution so what various details does Preamble of the Indian constitution give us so it talks about the source of

The power of Indian constitution from where Indian constitution derives it power okay it talks about the nature of the Indian constitution after that it also talks about the objectives of Indian constitution like what are the major objectives of Indian constitution what does Indian constitution aim at

Okay and it finally talks about the day of enactment of Indian constitution when Indian constitution came into Force okay when Indian constitution was made injected okay so if somebody ask what is the source of the Indian constitution so the source of the Indian constitution is We the People people of India so India

Is a democratic Nation where we cast our votes to choose our representatives to choose our governing Bodies Okay so Indian constitution derives its powers from we the people of India like the general public of India having solemnly resolved to constitute India into so the next point which we get to know why the

Preamble of Indian constitution is the nature of Indian constitution so what kind of nature of Indian constitution we have what is the nature how does Indian constitution work how does it function so the nature of Indian constitution is let’s get to technicalities okay Sovereign socialist secular Democratic and

Republic so what is the nature of the Indian constitution Sovereign so what does the word sovereign means the word sovereign means that we as Nation our own government is an independent body nobody from outside or no internal forces can influence or impact their decisions we are free to take our own

Decisions internally externally without any pressure okay so nobody can enforce any kind of restrictions on us nobody can manipulate the decisions of our own government so we are Sovereign socialist so what does the word mean by socialist socialist means a type of um philosophy which aims at social welfare okay so socialist

Means our constitutions nature basically focuses on the welfare of the society welfare of the common good okay so we have adopted soft socialism like we have a welfare government which keeps on working on the welfare of different sections of Indian Society so everybody is equal in the eyes of Indian

Constitution and our government which will be working on the basis of Indian constitution will be socialist governments okay working for the social welfare working for the common good of the society secular so what does that this word secular means so the word secular means that we will not be having

Our own National religion religion okay but we will be paying respect to each and every religion so Indian constitution acknowledges the existence of multiple religious diversities within our nation but we don’t have a single preferable uh religion when it comes to the Indian constitution okay so we’ll

Not be having a national religion but we will be respecting each and every religion individually with without any discrimination okay so we have adopted the positive meaning of the word secular next come the word Democratic so what does the word Democratic means the word Democratic means that we as Indian

Public have the right to vote each and every Indian citizen who has attained minimum 18 years of age can cost their vote and can choose their representatives okay so it talks about the power of of universal adult franchise okay now comes the next term republic so what does the word Republic

Means listen to it very very very carefully most of the students get confused between these two words Democratic and Republic okay so what does the word Republic means do you have any idea so okay let me tell you so the word Republic means that the highest authority of our nation

The highest power figure in our nation would not be hereditary the post will not be hereditary it won’t belong to a definite family to a definite Clan rather it would be changeable and what kind of nature would this highest position highest Authority in our nation have this person this Authority shall be

Accountable to the Indian masses okay so the head of the state is basically a people representative who is accountable to the Indian public Indians okay so this is what the word Republic means and to secure to all its citizens so we have already studied the source of Indian constitution and the

Nature of Indian constitution and who is telling about all this we are getting this idea from the Preamble of the Indian constitution which is basically what the prephase of the Indian constitution okay so next comes the objectives of IND Indian constitution so objectives of Indian constitution are also mentioned briefly in our Preamble

Okay so what are the major objectives so just learn the major objectives are Justice Liberty equality and fraternity so our Indian constitution aims at providing Justice providing Liberty providing equality and working on the fraternity of our individual in our nation of the Indian public okay

So now let’s come to the word justice so what does the word Justice Means giving Justice what kind of justice social justice okay so that nobody is socially discriminated or socially harmed giving economic Justice like two people working in the same designation irrespective of the gender they should be paid equally

And political Justice like each and every individual has the right has the authority to reach out to their representatives to reach out to the government and get their problems resolved get their uh address issued and heard over there okay so political Justice economic Justice and social justice these are the three types of

Justice which our constitution shall provide to the Indian public next comes Liberty Liberty kind of Freedom what kind of Freedom liberty liberty of thought we are free to have thoughts expression we are to we are free to express ourselves belief we are free to have our own belief uh aspects okay we

Can believe we can keep belief on multiple things faith we are free to have faith on different religious figures different religions different cultur values and worship we are free to worship whosoever we want so nobody can stop us or inhibit us to Harbor thoughts Expressions belief faith and

Worship okay however there are certain restrictions so the Constitution ensures that we have the liberty of thought expression belief faith and worship but our thought our experence our belief our faith our worship they should not harm the peace the security of our nation okay so that is a reasonable restriction

Which is being imposed by the Indian constitution now the next objective of our Indian constitution is equality so our Indian constitution continuously inspires the various administrative bodies of our nation to provide equality to establish equality in the Indian Society what is that equality of status and equality of opportunity so

What do you mean by equality of status and opportunity equality of status means each and every individual is equal before law law that is the Indian constitution shall not discriminate any of the persons irrespective of their financial conditions irrespective of their social conditions the next thing is equality of

Opportunity each and every Indian each and every individual is empowered to grab the opportunity of government services nobody can be debard nobody can be stopped or discriminated to fetch the various government post and services okay and actually the Indian constitution has empowered the Indian government to provide specific

Facilities to the weaker sections of the society why so that they are availed the opportunities of government posts and services okay for example the reservation system in our nation okay and to promote among them all that is the Indian constitution inspires the administrative bodies not only to have

These objectives but also to keep promoting this various aspects the various objectives like justice Liberty equality and fraternity okay okay now what is fraternity Fraternity in short means Brotherhood the feeling of we that we are united we are like a big huge family the feeling of vasudev kumuk okay

And that is why India is emerging as a global leader and India has the potential to be a global leader because we Harbor the feeling of we we Harbor the feeling of fraternity okay so fraternity assuring the Dignity of the individual like we are all brothers and

Sisters we have the feeling of we we are like a huge big family and each and every individual of this huge Indian societal family has his own his or her own dignity each and every person in India deserves equal amount of respect and dignity and the unity and integrity

Of the nation so what does that mean unity and integrity of Nations so the word unity means that a our nation is a single entirey it cannot be further divided and what does the word integrity means that each sections of the society the various Diversified sections of Indian Society are integrated okay they

Are all integrated with each other and they are all what they are all Indian Nation alog together next the last information which we get to know from the Preamble of India Indian constitution is the day of of enactment when the constituent assembly enacted the Indian constitution so just

Quote these lines in our constituent assembly this 26th day of November 1949 do hereby adopt enact and give to ourselves this constitution so the Indian constituent assembly which is our representative which represented each and every sections of the Indian Society is saying that on 26th November 1949

What we have done we have adopted we have adopted our constitution we have enacted our Constitution and we have given ourselves this constitution okay and this 26th November is celebrated as the Constitution Day every year okay so these were the major informations which we traced from the Preamble of the Indian constitution

We’ll be covering about the next topics in the next class

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