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Material resources, 'Material resources' is enshrined in art. 39(b) are wide enough to cover not only natural or physical resources but also movable or immovable properties. The mere fact that the resources are material will make no difference in the concept of the word 'resources'. Black's Law Dictionary defined the word recourses thus: Money or any property that can be converted to meet needs; means of raising money or supplies; capabilities of raising wealth or to supply necessary wants. The mere fact that the resources are material will make no difference in the concept of the word recourse. In Stroud's Judicial Dictionary (Vol. 3) at page, 1634, the word material is defined thus: Materials tools or implements, to be used by such artificer in this trade or occupation, if such artificer be employed in mining; wooden props or 'sprags' though neither 'tools or implements' were 'materials' within these words. 'Material' includes a painter's bucket of distemper and brush. In Webster's Third New International Dictionary at page 1934 the word 'resources' has been defined thus: available means (as of a country or business): computable wealth (as in money, property). In Words and Phrases (Permanent Edition) Vol. 37-A, the word 'Resources' has been defined at page 16 thus: Resources included products of farm, forest, manufacture, art, education, etc. The 'resources' of a country include its land, timber, coal, crops, improvements, railways, factories and everything that goes to make up its wealth or to render it desirable, State of Tamil Nadu v. L. Abu Kavur Bai, AIR 1984 SC 326 (343): (1984) 1 SCC 515: (1984) 1 SCR 725. [Constitution of India, Art. 39 (b)]