The Indian Constitution, specifically Article 38, directs the State to secure a social order that promotes the welfare of the people by securing and protecting social, economic, and political justice..
State to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of the people.
38 (1) The State shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social order in which justice, social, economic and political, shall inform all the institutions of the national life.