APPSC Paper I · Study notes
Indian society notes for APPSC Paper I
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2.1 Social stratification and caste 8
- 2.1.1Social stratification: forms (slavery, estate, caste, class) and theories (Marx, Weber, Davis–Moore, Tumin)
- 2.1.2Social mobility: types, channels and studies
- 2.1.3Varna and jati: textual origins and theories of caste origin (Risley, Hutton, Nesfield, Ambedkar)
- 2.1.4Features of caste: Ghurye's six features, jajmani system and purity–pollution
- 2.1.5Caste in the Census and among Muslims, Sikhs and Christians
- 2.1.6Changes in the caste system: Sanskritisation, dominant caste, urbanisation and legislation
- 2.1.7Caste in politics and caste conflict: caste associations, vote banks, Mandal and Dalit-Bahujan politics
- 2.1.8Dalit and anti-caste movements: Ambedkar's legacy, Dalit Panthers, BAMCEF and Telugu Dalit writing
2.2 Tribes of India and AP 7
- 2.2.1Tribes: definition, features, classification and distribution (Census 2011)
- 2.2.2Tribal policy: isolation, assimilation and integration, Nehru's Panchsheel, Tribal Sub-Plan and committees (Dhebar, Lokur, Bhuria, Xaxa)
- 2.2.3Constitutional and legal safeguards for STs: Article 342, Fifth and Sixth Schedules and PESA
- 2.2.4Forest Rights Act 2006: individual and community rights and the role of the Gram Sabha
- 2.2.5Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups: criteria, distribution and PM-JANMAN
- 2.2.6Tribes of Andhra Pradesh: PVTGs, ITDAs, podu cultivation and tribal welfare
- 2.2.7Tribal issues: land alienation, displacement, Samatha, Niyamgiri and identity movements
2.3 Women: issues and laws 7
- 2.3.1Status of women: patriarchy, reform-era laws, 'Towards Equality', sex ratio, CEDAW and Beijing
- 2.3.2Constitutional provisions and political representation: Articles 15(3), 39(d), 243D, 243T and the 106th Amendment
- 2.3.3Dowry, cruelty and domestic violence: Dowry Prohibition Act 1961, BNS provisions and the 2005 Act
- 2.3.4Sexual harassment at work: Vishaka to the POSH Act 2013
- 2.3.5Criminal law and women: 2013 and 2018 amendments, BNS offences and acid attacks
- 2.3.6Reproductive rights: Maternity Benefit Act, PCPNDT Act, MTP Act and Surrogacy Act
- 2.3.7Institutions and schemes for women: NCW, Mission Shakti, BBBP, PMMVY and Sukanya Samriddhi
2.4 Children, youth and the elderly 8
- 2.4.1Child rights and development: constitutional provisions, UNCRC, ICDS, POSHAN and Mission Vatsalya
- 2.4.2Right to education: Article 21A and the RTE Act 2009
- 2.4.3POCSO Act 2012
- 2.4.4Child marriage: Sarda Act to the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006
- 2.4.5Juvenile Justice Act 2015: boards, child welfare committees, heinous offences and adoption
- 2.4.6Child labour and trafficking: the 1986 Act and 2016 amendment, ILO conventions and the Palermo Protocol
- 2.4.7Youth: definitions, National Youth Policy and youth programmes (NSS, MY Bharat)
- 2.4.8Elderly: ageing in India and the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007
2.5 Disability and vulnerable groups 4
- 2.5.1Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016: specified disabilities, benchmark disability and reservation
- 2.5.2Disability institutions and schemes: UNCRPD, Sugamya Bharat, UDID, National Trust and Mental Healthcare Act 2017
- 2.5.3Transgender persons: the NALSA judgment, the 2019 Act and SMILE
- 2.5.4Denotified and nomadic tribes, manual scavengers, bonded labour, trafficking and beggary laws
1.1 Social justice and constitutional safeguards 6
- 1.1.1Social justice in the Constitution and untouchability: Article 17, Articles 38 and 46 and the PCR Act 1955
- 1.1.2SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 and its amendments
- 1.1.3Reservation: Articles 15(4) to 16(4B) and 335, and backward classes commissions (Kalelkar, Mandal, Rohini)
- 1.1.4Reservation judgments: Champakam to Davinder Singh
- 1.1.5SCs, STs and OBCs: identification, representation (Articles 330–342) and national commissions
- 1.1.6Minorities: Articles 29–30 and 350A–350B, NCM, Sachar and Ranganath Misra, and minority schemes
1.2 Welfare schemes for vulnerable groups 3
- 1.2.1Schemes for SCs, OBCs and DNTs: scholarships, SC Sub-Plan, PM-AJAY, SHRESHTA, PM YASASVI and finance corporations
- 1.2.2Schemes for STs: Eklavya schools, Van Dhan, Dharti Aaba, PMAAGY and TRIFED
- 1.2.3Social assistance and security: NSAP, NFSA entitlements, PM POSHAN, PMJJBY, PMSBY, Atal Pension Yojana and Ayushman Bharat
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