Question

What is meant by Secular State ? Explain any two features of India Secularism .

Answer 1

Dear student,

In Indian secularism, though the State is not strictly separate from religion it does maintain a principled distance vis-à-vis religion. This means that any interference in religion by the State has to be based on the ideals laid out in the Constitution.

The Indian Constitution mandates that the Indian State be secular. According to the Constitution, only a secular State
can realise its objectives to ensure the following:

1. that one religious community does not dominate another;
2. that some members do not dominate other members of the same religious community;
3. that the State does not enforce any particular religion nor take away the religious freedom of individuals.

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