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Pressure Groups

Pressure Groups. A group seeking to influence government policy or business activity to secure the interests of their members and supporters. Political Parties and Pressure Groups. They both of them play an important role in a democracy.

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Pressure Groups

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  1. Pressure Groups A group seeking to influence government policy or business activity to secure the interests of their members and supporters.

  2. Political Parties and Pressure Groups They both of them play an important role in a democracy. The National Students Union of India (NSUI) provides future leadership to the Congress. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) does so for the Bharatiya Janata Party? It is important to understand that the pressure groups are different from political parties. The distinction between the two can be stated as under: Pressure groups are not primarily political in nature. For example, although Rashtriya Swayamak Sangh (RSS) supports the Bharatiya Janata Party, it is, by and large, a cultural organization.

  3. Pressure Groups: Role and Techniques Pressure groups to promote - discuss, debate and mobilize public opinion on major public issues. In this process, they educate peoples. These groups try to bring changes in public policy. pressure groups use various techniques and methods. Appeals, Petitions, Demonstrations, Picketing, Lobbying, and Processions. They also write in the media, distribute pamphlets, issue press releases, organize discussions and debates, put up posters and chant slogans. They may carry out satyagraha, that is, a non-violent protest. At times, pressure groups resort to strikes in order to pressurize the legislators, the executive officials, the decision-makers.

  4. Pressure groups as a tool for effective governance * Transparency * Accountability *People Participation : RTI, Citizen charter, Human Rights * Effective policy making * Check and balance * Pressure groups help to understand loopholes in the system and provide opportunity to cure them in time * Efficiency in the Governance which results in Good Governance

  5. Pro activeness and Attitudinal Disposition needed to deal with Pressure Groups * Need to understand the social, economic, political and cultural background of various pressure groups and their demands * Need to take timely decisions according to circumstances and situations * Try to fulfill the demands by using appropriate remedies Crises Management training : Kanhyaikumar Need to develop problem solving attitude rather than avoiding it * Directly Indirectly every decision making authority need to associate itself with every pressure groups as a human being because pressure groups are nothing but human agencies

  6. Traditional social structure : Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Sanathan Dharma Sabha, Parsee Anjuman, and Anglo-Indian Christian Association. Caste groups : Sambhaji Briged, Brahmin Sabha, the Nair society Language groups : Tamil Sangh, Aasama, Belgaon-, Anjuman-e-Terraqi-e-Urdu Civil Society Organizations: National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) National Alliance of Women’s Organizations (NAWO) Aruna Roy (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan) Ela Bhatt (SelfEmployed Women’s Association) Anna Hazare (India Against Corruption). All Types of NGO’s : Health, Education, Poverty, Development etc. Pressure Groups in India and Maharashtra

  7. In India one of the commonly used pressure tactics is Satyagraha, a non-violent protest. Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) has influenced the government to improve its policies on the rights of women workers. Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan led the people’s movement which got the government to bring about the law on ‘Right to Information’. In the North-Eastern State of Manipur, many groups including ‘Just Peace’, Apunba Lup (students’ organization) and Meira Paibis (women’s groups) are trying to influence the government to listen to people’s genuine grievances. these groups are associated with Irom Sharmila, a civil rights activist known as ‘the Iron Lady of Manipur’ who has been on a hunger strike since November 2000. Pressure Tactics

  8. Media Role and Pressure Groups Keeping our Positive administrative image in media is very important In crises situation decision making authority should always face media positively with firm arguments Focus on Policy issues, Administrative law, and Governance while responding to media

  9. Criticisms • Pressure Groups can be criticised if: For small issues if they create larger nuisance : Lokpal bill Instead of contributing in good and accountable governance they only focus on their narrow interest: Informal labour unions If they use their power to blackmail and bargain with government :

  10. Thank youVishnu Shrimangaleshrimangale@gmail.commobile- 9765553526

  11. References :Lokrajya- June-July 2011Original Literature – Dr. Aambedkar, M.K. Gandhi, Vivekananda, Mahatma Phule.Regular Reading – Newspapers, Magazines (English)Badlata Maharashtra, Y.D. Phadke all KhandSecularism, Cast, Reservation, Linguistic HistoryUpdate Low, Rules and Regulation Information

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