Sovereign: The principle that the state exercises absolute power over its territory, system of government, and population. Accordingly, the internal authority of the state supercedes that of all other bodies, both inside and outside its territories and the state emerges as the ultimate authority of its grievances vis-à-vis others. Sovereignty theoretically preserves the territorial inviolability of the state and its independence from outside authorities. Socialist: The goal envisaged by the Constitution is that of a Welfare State. Socialism as visualised by our constitution is not the usual scheme of State socialism which involves nationalisation of all means of production and the abolition of private property. Rather, it envisages a mixed economy where it offers equal opportunity to all and abolition of vested interests. Secular: The Constitution stands for a secular state; that is to say that the State has no official religion. Secularism gives a full opportunity to all people in India to profess, practise and propagate any religion of their choice. The Constitution not only guarantees freedom of religion but also ensures that adequate measures are adopted to restrain the State from making any discrimination on the grounds of religion. Democratic: We have a way of governing our country in which the Indian people elect their representatives to form a government on their behalf. Democracy is used generally to denote political systems which operate with the participation and consent of the citizens, as through the practice of regular elections Republic: We have a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them. Where the government is of the people, by the people and for the people
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