Violence Against Women in Indian Society RELEVANT for UPSC-CSE SOCIOLOGY, ESSAY & GENERAL STUDIES PAPER 1 Of all forms of
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National Education Policy 2020
National Education Policy 2020 The Union Cabinet approved the National Education Policy 2020. Below are some of the key features
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Relevance: Sociology: Population Dynamics: (a) Population size, growth, composition and distribution. (b) Components of population growth: birth, death, migration. (c) Population
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Relevance: Sociology: Challenges of Social Transformation: Crisis of development: displacement, environmental problems and sustainability. Nearly half a year into the novel
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COVID-19: The pandemic of inequality Relevance: Sociology: Stratification and Mobility: Concepts- equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation. Challenges of Social Transformation: Crisis of
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Social Functions of the Family (Relevant for Sociology Optional UPSC) Recall that the functional perspective emphasizes that social institutions
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Relevance: Sociology: Poverty, deprivation and inequalities. & G.S paper I: Society and Social Issues & G.S paper II: Governance: Health
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Sociological Perspectives On Poverty (Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Stratification and Mobility: Concepts- equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation. Paper
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Relevance: Mains: G.S paper I: Society and social issues: Social Empowerment & Sociology: (v) Social Movements in Modern India: Backward classes &
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Structural functionalism (M N Srinivas).
Relevance: Sociology: Paper II: Introducing Indian Society: Structural functionalism (M N Srinivas). Structural and Functional Perspective of Indian Sociology. Sociological functionalism is
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Relevance: Sociology: Introducing Indian Society: (i) Perspectives on the study of Indian society: Indology (GS. Ghurye). Introduction Indology: Meaning and Definition Indology is
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