| 42nd Constitutional Amendment, 1976 | Added four new DPSP
Article 39: To secure opportunities for healthy development of children Article 39A: To provide free legal aid to the poor. Article 43A: Participation of workers in management of Industries.K1M Article 48A: To protect and improve the environment. |
| 44th Constitutional Amendment, 1978 | Article 38: to minimize inequalities in income, status, facilities and opportunities |
| 86th Amendment Act of 2002 | changed the subject-matter and made elementary education a fundamental right under Article 21A. The amendment directed state to provide early childhood care until the completion of six years |
| 97th amendment act of 2011 | Article 43B: cooperative societies |
DPSPs were made non-justiciable because of following Reasons:
- Country did not possess sufficient financial powers to implement them all
- Diversity could stand in the way of their implementation
- The newly independent state should be free to decide their implementation as the per the state of society rather than a blanket imposition by constituent assembly
