Optional functions of a modern state:
The following are main four optional functions of a modern state:
1. Arrangement for education:
In a good state, public should have proper access to education and political awareness. Therefore, it is the duty of a state that it should make proper management for education of the general public.
2. Cleanliness and public health:
A state should make arrangement for prevention of diseases and for dispensaries. In the context of good health, state should monitor the purity of eatables.
3. Control on business and industries:
A state should have sufficient control on business and industries so that the businessmen get maximum benefit and the country can progress. While formulating policies as regards to industry, a state should take care that there is no injustice to the workers.
4. To provide facilities for entertainment:
A state should make arrangement for the entertainment of the people by way of opening parks, television centers, cinema halls, reading rooms, etc.
