Fundamental Duties were added in the Constitution of India under the leadership of which Prime Minister of India?

The correct answer is Indira Gandhi.

Key Points

• It was added to the Constitution of India under the leadership of Indira Gandhi.
• The Fundamental Duties of citizens were added to the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment in 1976, upon the recommendations of the Swaran Singh Committee that was constituted by the Government.
• When the Constitution was adopted in the year 1949, there were no provisions regarding Fundamental Duties to the Citizens though there was a Part III for Fundamental Rights.
• The Swaran Singh Committee suggested that steps needed to be taken to ensure that the individual did not overlook his duties while in the exercise of his Fundamental Rights. 

Additional Information

By way of the 42nd Constitution (Amendment) Act, 1976, a new Chapter IV-A which consists of only one Article i.e 51-A was added which dealt with a Code of Ten Fundamental Duties for citizens.

• Fundamental duties are intended to serve as a constant reminder to every citizen that while the constitution specifically conferred on them certain Fundamental Rights, it also requires citizens to observe certain basic norms of democratic conduct and democratic behavior because rights and duties are correlative.
• The inclusion of Fundamental Duties brought our Constitution in line with Article 29 (1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and with provisions in several modern Constitutions of other countries.
• The concept of Fundamental duties was taken from the USSR.
• The Fundamental duties are essentially taken from Indian tradition, mythology, religions, and practices.
• Essentially these were the duties that are the codification of tasks integral to the Indian way of life.

Thus, we can conclude that Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution of India in 1976.