The directive that the State shall organise village panchayats as units of self-government appears in

Article 36Correct answerYour answerArticle 40Correct answerYour answerArticle 43Correct answerYour answerArticle 50Correct answerYour answer

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Article 40 directs the State to organise village panchayats and give them the powers needed to function as units of self-government.
It stayed a directive for forty-two years, until the 73rd Amendment of 1992 gave panchayats constitutional standing of their own in Part IX.
Article 50 is the directive on separating the judiciary from the executive, and Article 43 is on a living wage.

Worth noting

This is the clearest case of a Directive Principle later becoming enforceable structure: Article 40 is the origin of the 73rd Amendment.

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