Answer:
Pressure
groups are organisations that attempt to influence government policies. These
are formed when people with comman occupation, interest, aspirations come
together to achieve some common objectives. But they do not aim to share
political power.
Generally there are three types of pressure groups.
(i) Sectional Interest Groups They represent a
section of society like, workers, employees, business persons,
industrialists, followers of a
particular religion, etc. Their main concern is the betterment
and well-being of their own members, not society in general.
(ii) Promotional or Public Interest Groups They promote
collective rather than selective good.
They aim to help groups other than their own members. For
example, a group fighting against bonded labour fights not for itself but for
all who are the victims of this social curse.
(iii) Movement Groups Most of the movement groups are
issue-specific that seek to achieve a single objective within a limited period.
For example, Narmada Bachao Andolan which started with the specific issue of
the people displaced by the creation of Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada
river.
Pressure groups exert pressure or influence on the politics of a country
in various ways which play a significant role in policy making decisions of the
country.
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