CSE · GS-2Official PYQ · CSE 2026 · Q15Governance · Development Processes and NGOs · 15 marks · 250 words

English

To what extent do pressure groups, social movements and corporate lobbies deepen pluralistic democracy in India by representing excluded interests? Analyse whether the growing convergence of corporate wealth and political power poses a threat to the autonomy of formal democratic institutions.

हिन्दी

दबाव समूह, सामाजिक आंदोलन एवं कॉर्पोरेट लॉबी किस सीमा तक बहिष्कृत हितों का प्रतिनिधित्व करते हुए भारत में बहुलवादी लोकतंत्र को गहराई प्रदान कर रहे हैं? कॉर्पोरेट सम्पदा एवं राजनीतिक शक्ति के बढ़ते हुए गठजोड़ से क्या औपचारिक लोकतांत्रिक संस्थाओं की स्वायत्तता को ख़तरा उत्पन्न हो रहा है? विश्लेषण कीजिए।

#Elections #Pressure Groups & Civil Society #Corporate Governance & CSR #Political Funding

Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2026. Source

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Governance · Development Processes and NGOs

Development processes and the development industry—the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders.

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To what extent do pressure groups, social movements and corporate lobbies deepen pluralistic democracy in India by representing excluded interests? Analyse whether the growing convergence of corporate wealth and political power poses a threat to the autonomy of formal democratic institutions.

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