Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health
included in editionWhat does this mean?
Improving nutrition, living standards and public health are primary duties of the State. The Article also directs efforts concerning intoxicating drinks and harmful drugs, except for medicinal purposes.
Policy directions for a fairer society, livelihoods, health, education, justice and public institutions.
Why is this provision here?
Public welfare depends on nutrition, living standards and health as well as the machinery of government.
This Article number belongs to the original constitutional framework, but its present wording may include later amendments or substitutions. A provision-specific original Assembly debate has not been verified here. The explanation of function above is editorial inference from the text, not an attributed single motive of the framers. The original draft-making archive is a research resource, not proof of a particular historical reason.
The explanation of purpose is an editorial reading of the provision. A drafting motive is attributed only where a linked historical source supports it.
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Extracted from the Legislative Department’s May 2026 edition. Page footnotes may refer to neighbouring provisions; check their markers in the PDF. Inclusion in this edition does not by itself establish commencement or judicial effect.