PAPER –III – INDIAN SOCIETY, CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNANCE

1. Indian Society: Salient features, Unity in Diversity; Family, Marriage, Kinship, Caste, Tribe, Religion, Language; Rural – Urban continuum; Multi-culturalism

2. Social Exclusion and Vulnerable Groups: Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, Minorities, Women, Children, Aged and Disabled

3. Social Issues: Poverty; Unemployment, Child Labour, Violence against Women; Regionalism; Communalism and Secularism; Corruption; Caste Conflicts, Problems of Agricultural Labour; Urbanization; Development and Displacement; Environmental Degradation; Sustainable Development; Population Explosion; Agrarian Distress; Migration

4. Social Issues in Telangana: Vetti; Jogini and Devadasi System; Girl Child; Fluorosis; Child Labor; Migrant Labor; Child Marriages

5. Social Movements in Telangana