Indian Society mains Booster Series MK Yadav Sir 2025-26 English Medium CONTENTS 1 SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIAN SOCIETY 3-17 1.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIAN SOCIETY 1.2 FEATURES OF INDIAN SOCIETY 1.2.1 CASTE SYSTEM 1.2.2 RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN INDIA 1.2.3 LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY 1.2.4 UNITY IN DIVERSITY 1.2.5 KINSHIP 1.3 SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS 1.3.1 FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY 1.3.2 INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE 2 POPULATION AND ASSOCIATED ISSUES 18-22 2.1 FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION 2.2 ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES OF DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND 2.3 PLANNING IN INDIA ASSOCIATED WITH POPULATION 2.4 POPULATION CONTROL POLICY/BILL: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS UPSC PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS (PYQs) 3 ROLE OF WOMEN AND WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION 23-33 3.1 STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA 3.1.1 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND WOMEN IN INDIA 3.1.2 LEGAL PROTECTION FOR WOMEN IN INDIA 3.1.3 RIGHT TO SAFE AND LEGAL ABORTION 3.1.4 SURROGACY 3.1.5 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA'S WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS/SCHEMES 3.1.6 SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES FACED BY WOMEN 3.2 EVOLUTION OF WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION IN INDIA 4 POVERTY 34-38 4.1 FACTS AND DEFINITION 4.2 TYPES, ISSUES, CAUSES & CHALLENGES WITH POVERTY 4.2.1 ISSUES WITH POVERTY 4.2.2 CAUSES OF POVERTY 4.2.3 CHALLENGES IN ESTIMATING POVERTY 4.3 FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY 4.3.1 CONSEQUENCES OF THE FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY 4.4 POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS IN INDIA 4.5 WAYS TO END POVERTY 5 HUNGER 39-41 5.1 MEANING OF HUNGER 5.2 HUNGER IN INDIA: DATA FACTS 5.3 GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES TO TACKLE HUNGER ISSUE 5.4 STEPS NEEDED TO FIGHT HUNGER (WAY FORWARD) 6 INEQUALITY 42-44 6.1 IMPORTANT STATISTICS 6.2 DIMENSIONS OF INEQUALITY 6.3 IMPACT OF INEQUALITY IN INDIA 6.4 MEASURES TO REDUCE INEQUALITY 6.4.1 OTHER GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES 7 URBANIZATION 45-54 7.1 MEANING AND GENERAL FACTS ABOUT URBANISATION 7.2 CHALLENGES WITH URBANIZATION 7.2 CHALLENGES WITH URBANIZATION 7.3 FACTORS LEADING TO URBANIZATION 7.4 IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON RURAL AREAS 7.5 URBAN GOVERNANCE 7.6 SLUMS 7.6.1 CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH SLUMS 7.7 WAY FORWARD: SUSTAINABLE URBANISATION 7.8 SMART CITY PROGRAMME 7.9 RURBANISATION 7.10 URBAN POVERTY & NEED FOR URBAN MGNREGA 7.11 COUNTER URBANISATION: POTENTIAL CAUSES 7.12 COUNTER URBANISATION: POTENTIAL CAUSES 7.13 BEST PRACTICES FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT/GOVERNANCE 8 GLOBALIZATION 55-64 8.1 MEANING OF GLOBALISATION 8.2 FACTORS AFFECTING GLOBALIZATION IN INDIA 8.3 IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON INDIAN CULTURE 8.4 IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON FAMILY 8.5 IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON ECONOMY 8.6 IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON POLITY 8.7 IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON ENVIRONMENT 8.8 IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON WOMEN 8.9 IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON YOUTHS 8.10 IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON ELDERLY 8.11 IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON LABOUR 8.12 GLOCALIZATION 8.13 THE PHENOMENON OF DE-GLOBALIZATION 9 SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT: MEANING, NEED AND INITIATIVES 65-85 9.1 INTRODUCTION 9.2 KEY CONCEPTS RELATED WITH SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT 9.3 MEANING OF VULNERABLE SECTION 9.4 CHALLENGES FACED BY SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS 9.5 NEED FOR SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT 9.6 SCHEDULE CASTES 9.7 MANUAL SCAVENGING 9.8 SCHEDULE TRIBE (STs) IN INDIA 9.8.1 CHALLENGES FACED BY NCSCS/NCSTS 9.9 OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES (OBCs) & NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR BACKWARD CLASSES 9.10 BEGGARS 9.11 RELIGIOUS MINORITIES 9.12 SENIOR CITIZENS 9.13 PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PwD) 9.14 CHILDREN