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Under part 3 of Indian constitution Fundamental Right are mentioned.

Provisions made in India for establishment of Economic Justice : 

The condition of the poor has certainly been improved since the independence of India but the disparity between the poor and the rich is continuously increasing. For establishment of economic justice, the government of India has made the following provisions:

1. To remove economic disparity. 

2. To ban the right of unlimited property. 

3. To ensure economic security to its citizens by providing employment to every citizen.

4. Proper distribution of wealth. 

5. Planning of new plans for the welfare of the poor. 

6. Establishing effective tax system and improvement in the tax system. 

7. To make provision for reservation on the basis of income rather than caste basis.

Economic Justice and Indian Constitution : 

Many provisions have been made in the constitution to realise the ideal of economic justice and make it practically successful. According to Article 16, all the citizen shall get equal opportunities to be employed in the jobs lying vacant within the state. The Article 19 (1) 6 makes the provision that all the citizens shall have the right to carry principles of state policy too have such provisions so that all the citizens shall have the right to carry out any occupation, livelihood or business. Article 39 has most remarkable provisions where it has been decided that the state shall carry out its policy in such a way to ensure that:

1. All the citizens whether male or female have full right to get enough means of earning a living. 

2. Man and woman both get the same salary for the same work.

In article 15 of Indian constitution, any sort of discrimination on the basis of religion, ethnicity, caste, race, or place of birth has been prohibited.

(a) Right to equality

Money and property have always had an important place in the society. Money and property play an important role in getting power and a higher place in the society. Everybody tries to increase his wealth and property. If there is no fair distribution of the resources of economic power (wealth and property) in a society, it is known as economic injustice or economic inequality. Fair distribution of economic resources and wealth in every society is known as economic justice so that everybody is able to live respectful life.

Economic justice means all the people of a society are able to get atleast the minimum necessities of life. Pandit Nehru said, “A starving person does not know the meaning and importance of democracy.” Dr Radha Krishnan too said, “Those who are poverty stricken and are wandering here and there in search of manual work and those who do not get any manual work and axe starving, cannot be proud of the constitution and its law.”

(d)  Section 4

(c) It encourages caste discrimination.

Practical Aspect of Social Justice in India :

 Though various provisions of establishment of social justice have been made in Indian constitution but a section of society is still deprived of facilities. Provisions have been made in the constitution for reservation of downtrodden people but only limited people are able to take benefit of it. Its reason is that during last 70 years, from socially backward classes there has emerged an elite group which has, by taking the advantage of reservation (both in government jobs and politics) again and again, ensured a separate place of itself within the backward classes.

Members of the same families have again and again taken advantage of it so other people are deprived of this benefit. Only a few educated and capable people from villages have been able to take this advantage. The deprived scheduled tribes which are cut off from the society and the main stream of the nation have been able to take only partial advantage form reservation. The party politics of India has crippled the social justice by encouraging vote bank politics. Even after the enforcement of the law, the facilities being given to the deprived have became an act of mercy and sympathy rather than a right to equality. This is very unfortunate.

Social justice means establishing equality, unity and human rights among all the members of society without discrimination.

Social justice means establishing equality, unity and human rights among all members of society without discrimination. No person should face discrimination on the basis of social, religious or cultural prejudices. The provision of the proper development of all the members of a society according to their capabilities can be called social justice.

On 4th June 2009, in the first session of the Parliament during a joint sitting of both the houses, the then president, Mrs Partibha Patil announced that the government shall take step within 100 days with regard to passing a bill very soon for the reservation of women in the Parliament and the state legislatures. Due to some vested interests in 2010, the Women Reservation Bill could not be passed in the Parliament.

To pass this bill, it has to be passed by both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha along with being passed by more than fifty percent of the state legislatures. Then only it can be sent to the President for final recommendation. But unfortunately, due to vested interests of different political parties, political stubborness and demand for caste reservation in this bill and the likes, it is still pending.

Social justice means establishing equality, unity, and human rights among all the members of society without discrimination. The traditional social outlook of Indian society was descriminatory. Casteism and communalism have been great obstacles in the way of establishing social justice in India. The struggle for social justice in the Indian society continued for centuries. From Mahatma Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi to Baba Ramdev, and many more social reforemers have put their efforts in establishing social justice in India.

After independence, making proper provisions for social justice in the constitutions was one of the priorities for our constintution framers. It was the opinion of the constitution makers that merely including the right to equality will not improve the plight of the downtroddens who were exploited for centuries. Therefore for their betterment and protection of their interests scheduled castes and scheduled tribes have been given reservation in the government jobs and in the legislature too.

(b)  Article 16

Tarabai Shinde was the the author of Stree Purusha Thulana.

Narayanaguru established the movement called ‘Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam’.

Sir Syed Ahmed khan was the leader of the Aligarh Movenient.

Swami Vivekananda gave this call to the Indian youth.

Jyotiba Phule was the founder of the Satyashodak Samaj.

Dr. Annie Besant was the president of the theosophical society of Adyar near Chennai.

• He wanted to continue his humanitarian work and social service. 
• He had a lot of respect and concern for women. 
• He emphasized on the upliftment of women. 
• He urged everyone to help the poor.

Correct Answer is: c) 1829

(a)  Article 14

All of the following are the main social reformer.

(b)  Article 17

(b)  Pt. Nehru

(c) 1 April 2010

The internet and technology has not reached the rural areas to the expected level. This divide the country discriminating between the villages and the cities. This discrimination or division is known as Digital Divide.

Tarabai Shinde was the first women social reformer of Maharashtra.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy is known as the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’.

d) Dr. Annie Besant

Theosophical Society was established by H.P. Blabatsky and Colonel H.S. Olcott in New York in 1875

The objectives of Theosophical Society are

•  To inculcate universal brotherhood by eliminating discrimination. 
• To study Dharma, Philosophy and Science through comparative approach. 
• To investigate the hidden aspects of nature and hidden power in human beings.

• Sir Syed Ahmed Khan provided this attempt a movement. 
• He wanted muslim youth to have proper employment in the company government by getting good education. 
• As a social reformer, The opposed Purdah system, polygamy and divorce systems. 
• In order translate English literature into Urdu, he established ‘ Translation Society’. Later, it became ‘Scientific Society’. 
• In order to promote rationality among Muslims he began publishing a newspaper ‘Aligrah Institute Gezzette’. 
• He started Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental college in . 1875. which later became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920.

Sri Narayana Guru is an important saint and a social reformer. 

• He established ‘ Sri’ Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam in l903, through which he tried for the social, economical, cultural, educational development of communities like Ezhava and other downtrodden communities. 
• He opposed caste system and animal sacrifice. 
• He opened Sanskrit colleges and provided Sanskrit education irrespective of caste. 
• He built around thirty temples in Kerala which were open to all including untouchables. He established a good library in all the temples.

In 1863. Nawab Abdul Lateef had started the ‘Mohammedan Literary Society’.

• An Anglo – Indian youth named Henry Vivian led the young Bengali Movement. 
• it was a failure because the Indian society did not respond to a call to the youth to have individuality and rationality.

• Dayananda Saraswathi opposed authority to Brahmins based on their birth.
• He had declared that all, including women, have the right to leam vedas. 
• He advocated the worship of Cow. He advocated worship of ‘One Supreme God’.

• Dayananda Saraswathi criticized idol worship, untouchability and child marriage. 
• He encouraged intercaste marriages and widow remarriages. 
• He wanted to motivate Swadeshi awareness in Indians.

• She received education which was against the practice. 
• She accepted Christianity while studying in England. 
• She dedicated her life for the betterment of women of India. 
• She established ‘Mukti Mission’ in 1889 and provided rehabilitation to widows, orphans and alcoholic addicts.

Nawab Abdul Latif established the Mohammedan Literary Society.

b) Dayananda Saraswathi

Sir syed Ahmed Khan started Muhammedan Anglo – Oriental college in 1875.

• Raja Ram advocated English education. He ran an English school using his own funds. 
• He also established a college of Vedanta. 
• He was a pioneer in the field of journalism too. He published many magazines.

1. Vedanta 

2. Satyashodak 

3. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar 

4. Sathyartha Prakash 

5. Shudhi Movement

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was called as ‘Father of Modernism’ by Rabindranath Tagore. 

• He started the Athmiya Sabha 
• In 1828, he started the Brahma Sabha, In the next year it was named as Brahma Samaj. 
• He was the representative of the communion of the western and eastern thoughts. 
• The Brahma Samaj opposed child marriage, sati system, caste system, idol worship, polygamy and many other superstitions. 
• He and his associates petitioned the British govrenment to eradicate sati system.

Ramakrishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekananda. The vision of the mission is the loving life and the significance of the individual, his presence and ability. Social service is necessaiy for achievement of salvation (moksha). The vision of mission is also nurturing culture through education and social service. Tolerance of all religions and maintaining all religions as truth is the vision of this mission.

The Aligarh Movement was started under the leadership of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. 

The objectives of the Movement are:

1. Promoting harmony of Eastern and Western ideas through transformation of Muslims and their political, social educational religious and philosophical beliefs.

2. Providing modern education to the Muslim community. To fulfill this objective Ahmed Khan started “The Anglo-oriental School” which has become today as “Aligarh Muslim University”. 

3. Proving religious education. 

4. Creating a modern society through western education. 5. Supporting female literacy and condemning polygamy and ideas against widow marriage.

The preachings of Brahmo Samaj are :

 1. Opposing idol worship. 

2. Opposing exploitation of women. 

3. Supporting the prohibition of Sati. 

4. encouraging monotheism. 

5. opposing priestly class. 

6. Condemning performance. 

7. Condemning performance of Yagas and rituals etc.

The reforms propagated by Satya Shodak Samaj are: 

1. The Samaj propagated that freedom was the basic necessity of every individual and no individual could express his ideas if he did not have freedom. 

2. It urged for prohibition of liquor. 

3. It opposed gender inequality denial of human rights. 

4. It opposed the exploitation of people. 

5. It opposed the practice of untouchability. 

6. It started the movement of social justice. 

7. It advocated free and compulsory education in order to bring about reform in the social system. 

8. Phule condemned slavery. 

9. He gave stress on girls’ education. Therefore he started a school for girls.