Consider the following pairs: 1. Right to adequate means of livelihood | Article 39(a) of Constitution 2. Equal pay for equal work for both men and women | Article 39(e) of Constitution 3. Right to work, education and public assistance | Article 41 of Constitution How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Article 39: Certain principles of policy to be followed by the State

The State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards securing--

• a) that the citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means to livelihood. Hence pair 1 is correctly matched.
• b) that the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as best to sub serve the common good;
• c) that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the common detriment;
• d) that there is equal pay for equal work for both men and women;
• e) that the health and strength of workers, men and women, and the tender age of children are not abused and that citizens are not forced by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age or strength. Hence pair 2 is incorrectly matched. [In article 39 of the Constitution, for clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted through Constitution (Forty-Second Amendment) Act, 1976]
• f) that children are given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and that childhood and youth are protected against exploitation and against moral and material abandonment

Article 41

• Article 41 states: "The State shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development, make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education, and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness, and disablement, and in other cases of undeserved want." Hence, pair 3 is correctly matched.
• It has inspired various welfare schemes and programs, such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which seeks to provide the right to work.