GK
INDIAN POLITICS
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Suppression of all religions
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Giving minorities more freedom for their religion
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Seperation of religion from the state
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Not favouring any particular religion/faith
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Detailed explanation-1: -Secularism means separation of religion from political, economic, social and cultural aspects of life, religion being treated as a purely personal matter. It emphasized dissociation of the state from religion and full freedom to all religions and tolerance of all religions.
Detailed explanation-2: -In India secularism means equal feeling for all religion and not no feeling for any religion.It means that in India, State does encourage or discourage any religion but people have the right to profess, propagate and practice their own religion.
Detailed explanation-3: -Solution: Secularism means that the state promotes no religion as everyone has equal rights irrespective of their religion.
Detailed explanation-4: -Secularism and Indian Constitution With the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India (1976), the Preamble to the Constitution asserted that India is a “secular” nation. The meaning of a secular state is that it does not prioritize any one religion for the country and its people.