Question

Name some interest groups in India

Answer 1

Interest and Pressure Groups in India!

Interest and Pressure Groups in India!Pressure tactics and methods have become an integral part of the political process in India. The techniques of organized pressure, through mass campaigns, demonstrations, strikes, civil disobedience (satyagrahd), gheraos and bandhs, have been frequently used by interest groups.

Interest and Pressure Groups in India!Pressure tactics and methods have become an integral part of the political process in India. The techniques of organized pressure, through mass campaigns, demonstrations, strikes, civil disobedience (satyagrahd), gheraos and bandhs, have been frequently used by interest groups.Myron Weiner (1962) has rightly observed that the very frequency, with which mass action has succeeded in vetoing government action, or in positively modifying public policy, has strengthened the public belief that such measures are both desirable and effective. Violence and anomic activities have become an instrument of interest articulation in the so-called developing nations, including India.

Answer 2

A Interest/pressure group or vested groups is a group of people who are organised actively for promoting and defending their common interest. It is called so, as it attempts to bring a change in public policy by exerting pressure on the government. It acts as a liaison between the government and its members.

Interest groups in India:-

1. Business Groups – Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), Federation of All India Foodgrain Dealers Association (FAIFDA), etc
2. Trade Unions – All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)
3. Professional Groups – Indian Medical Association (IMA), Bar Council of India (BCI), All India Federation of University and College Teachers (AIFUCT)
4. Student’s Organisations- Akhila Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), All India Students Federation (AISF), National Students Union of India (NSUI)
5. Religious Groups – Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS), Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Jamaat-e-Islami, etc.
6. Caste Groups – Harijan Sevak Sangh, Nadar Caste Association, etc
7. Tribal Groups – National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), Tribal National Volunteers (TNU) in Tripura, United Mizo federal org, Tribal League of Assam, etc
8. Anomic Groups - Naxalite Groups, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), Dal Khalsa, etc.