Which committee recommended that Fundamental Duties be included in the Constitution of India?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Swaran Singh Committee.

Key Points

The Fundamental Duties were incorporated in Part IV-A of the Indian Constitution through the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976.
At present, there are eleven fundamental duties under Article 51 A of the constitution.
The idea of Fundamental Duties has been borrowed from the erstwhile USSR.
Originally the duties were ten in number, later on through 86th Amendment Act, 2002, the eleventh Fundamental duty was added.
Fundamental duties are non-enforceable in nature.
Swaran Singh Committee recommended the inclusion of Fundamental Duties in the Indian Constitution.

Additional Information

JB Kripalani Committee:
- This was the Fundamental Rights sub-committee. It was headed by J.B. Kriplani.
- He suggested that:
  - Fundamental Rights are the basic human rights guaranteed to the citizens of India by the Constitution.
  - There are six fundamental rights Nine major committees were appointed by the Constituent Assembly to deal with different tasks of constitution-making.
  - The advisory committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities, and Tribal and Excluded Areas had a subcommittee.
HC Mookherjee Committee:
- The Chairman of Minorities Sub Committee was H.C Mookherjee during 1946.
- He was the VicePresident of the Constituent Assembly of India for drafting the Constitution of India before the partition of India.
AV Thakkar Committee:
- He was appointed the chairman of "Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Other than Assam), a sub committee of the constituent assembly.
- Mahatma Gandhi would call him 'bapa'.
- In one of his appeals in 1939 Mahatma Gandhi called him "Father of Harijans".