Question

What are public interest groups? How do they look after the public interests? Answers in points only

Answer 1

When an organization puts forward a common or general interest that needs to be defended then such group or organization is called a public interest group.These groups promote collective interest of a particular section of the society.
Their work is very simple.They pressurize the government to listen to them and make policies accordingly.
1)They try to gain public support for their goals by carrying out information campaigns, organising meetings, filling petitions etc.
2)Most of their group try to influence the media to give more attention to these issues.
3)They organize protest activities like strikes or disrupting government programmes.
4)Rather than getting directly engaged in party policies, they seek to exert influence on political parties.
5)Interest groups raise issues that are taken up by political parties.
6)They may form a political party as we see from real- life politics that most of the new leadership of political parties comes from interest or movement groups.Eg:formation of AAP party.

Answer 2

1. Public interest groups are Some of the groups in society that encourage the common interests of people belonging to a larger section in the community.
2. These groups fight for the rights of people and their comfortable life.
3. They fight for justice for the people.
4. They also fight against caste discrimination of poor and backward people.