Describe the fundamental duties of the citizen.

There cannot be any rights without duties.

The Fundamental Duties of citizens were included in the Constitution through the 42^nd Amendment in 1976. They are mentioned in section 4A and article 51A of the Constitution. Not performing these duties is not a punishable offense.

•Article 51A mentions 11 duties that citizens of the country have, and they cover a broad range of topics.

•These include duties to protect the sovereignty, unity, and integrity of the nation, and to further serve the nation when summoned. Further, the citizens have a duty to show respect to the ideal of the freedom struggle, and honor the tricolor, national emblem, the national anthem, and the constitution.

•At the same time, citizens have duties towards society at large. This includes fostering harmonious relationships across different communities and building a sense of fraternity, eliminating anti-women practices, all while protecting and understanding the importance of the culture of the nation. This includes collective action to help the country gain more success, and to continuously engage in knowledge learning and humanism.

•In order to build a fraternal collective, there is also the duty to protect public property and protect others against violence. It also includes the duty to protect and preserve nature and the environment.

•Finally, it mentions that it is the duty of parents and guardians to ensure their children’s/wards’ education until the age of 14.

All these duties are meant to build a better country by the people themselves, not just the state, and in the same way that citizens have rights, they also have duties.