CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -In February 2013, the then Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) government had issued the same order. The Maharashtra government on Tuesday directed all schools in the state to start daily group readings of the preamble of the Constitution of India by students.

Detailed explanation-2: -UPSC Mains. Q. Which state has recently made reading of preamble to constitution as a mandatory practice in schools? Notes: As per an order issued by the State Education Department of Madhya Pradesh, the state government has made the reading of the Preamble to the Constitution in schools mandatory.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Supreme Court of India originally stated in the Berubari case presidential reference that the preamble is not an integral part of the Indian constitution, and therefore it is not enforceable in a court of law.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Preamble of the Indian Constitution is based on the ‘Objectives Resolution’, drafted and moved by Pandit Nehru, and adopted by the Constituent Assembly.

Detailed explanation-5: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is USA. The American Constitution was the first to begin with a Preamble. Many countries, including India, followed this practice.