Under which Article of the Indian Constitution is the organization of village panchayats directed as a Directive Principle of State Policy?

💡 Solution & Explanation

Article 40 enshrined in Part Four of the Constitution outlines the Directive Principles of State Policy urging the government to organize village panchayats and grant them autonomous administrative powers. Article 39 focuses instead on securing certain principles of policy relating to adequate means of livelihood and wealth distribution. This provision served as the ideological foundation for the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act.