India borrowed the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) from Irish Constitution of 1937 which itself had borrowed it from Spanish Constitution. Further, the Government of India Act had some "instruments of Instructions" which became the immediate source of DPSP. The directive principles are guidelines by the Constitution to the state as defined in article 12 (central, state, local government and bodies). Basic idea is that the "state" should keep these principles while framing laws, policies, ordinances etc. DPSPs are not enforceable in a court of law. They were made non-justifiable keeping in view that the state may not have resources to implement them.