| Sectional Interest Groups | Public Interest Groups |
| (i) Sectional interest groups seek to promote the interest of a particular section/group of society. | (i) Public interest groups represent some common or general interest that needs to be defended. |
| (ii)Their principal concern is the betterment and well-being of their members and not society in general. | (ii)Their principal concern is the betterment of the entire society. |
| (iii) They are sectional because they represent a particular section of a society like workers employees, business men etc. | (iii) They are public because they are concerned with public issues rather than private. |
| (iv) Example: Trade unions/business associated and professionals (Lawyers, doctors, teachers, etc. | (iv) Example: FEDECOR in Bolivia and BAMCEF in India. |
