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Which of the following can be considered a pressure group?1. Members of Lok Sabha2. Members of Panchayat3. Cabinet members4. Members of a Trade Union 

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : Members of a Trade Union 

The correct answer is Members of a Trade Union.

  • A pressure group is an organised group of people which are active in pursuing common interests.
  • Pressure groups try to bring a change in public policy by exerting pressure on the government.
  • The pressure groups are also called interest groups or vested groups.
  • They do not have direct political party power.
  • They are concerned with specific programs and issues and their activities are confined to the protection and promotion of the interests of their members by pressuring the government.
  • The pressure groups influence the policy-making in the government through legal and legitimate methods like lobbying, correspondence, publicity, propagandising, petitioning, public debating, legislations, etc.

  • Business Groups:
    • FICCI
    • ASSOCHAM etc
  • Trade Unions:
    • AITUC
    • INTUC
    • Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)
  • Professional Groups:
    • Bar Council of India (BCI)
  • Agrarian Groups-
    • All India Kisan Sabha
    • Bharatiya Kisan Union etc
  • Student’s Organisations:
    • Akhila Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)
    • All India Students Federation (AISF)
    • National Students Union of India (NSUI)
  • Religious Groups:
    • Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS),
    • Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP),
    • Jamaat-e-Islami, etc.
  • Linguistic Groups:
    • Tamil Sangh
    • Tribal Groups – National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN)
    • Tribal National Volunteers
    • Tribal League of Assam, etc.
  • Ideology based Groups:
    • Narmada Bachao Andolan
    • Chipko Movement.
  • Anomic Groups:
    • Naxalite Groups
    • United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)

 

  • Types of Pressure Groups:
    • Institutional Interest Groups
    • Associational Interest Group
    • Non-Associational Interest Groups
    • Anomic Interest Groups


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