Which of the following statements is/are true of the Fundamental Duties of an Indian citizen?

1. A legislative process has been provided to enforce these duties.

2. They are correlative to legal duties.

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UPSC Civil Services (Prelims) General Studies Official Paper-I (Held In: 2017)

Answer 1

The correct answer is option 4 i.e Neither1 and 2.

Fundamental Duties:
- The fundamental duties were incorporated in Part IV-A of our constitution through the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976.
- At present, there are eleven fundamental duties under article 51 A of the constitution.
- The idea of Fundamental Duties has been borrowed from the erstwhile USSR.
- Originally the duties were ten in number, later on through 86th Amendment Act, 2002, the eleventh Fundamental duty was added.
- Swaran Singh Committee recommended the inclusion of Fundamental Duties in the Indian Constitution.
- Fundamental duties are non-enforceable in nature.
- There is no legislative process to enforce citizens to do their duties. Hence statement 1 is not true.
- The legal duty is one that is required to be carried out according to the law. So, there is no correlation between legal and fundamental duties. Hence statement 2 is wrong.