SOCIAL ISSUES IN

INDIA
 INDEX
◦ 1. Cast system
◦ 2. Poverty
◦ 3. Child labour
◦ 4. Child marriage
◦ 5. Illtercy
◦ 6. Low status of women
◦ 7. Gender inequality at work
◦ 8. Dowry system
◦ 9. Sati practice
◦ 10. Alcoholism
◦ 11. Superstition
◦ 12. Sanitation and cleanliness
◦ 13. Religious conflicts
◦ 14. Beggary
◦ 15. Juvenile delinquency
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my
teacher……
Who gave me the golden opportunity to do this
wondeful project of “SOCIAL ISSUES IN INDIA”..
Who also helped me in completing my project . I came to know
about so many new things . Iam really thank full to them …
secondly I would also like to thank my parents and friends who
helped me lot in finding this project with in the linked time frame….
CAST SYSTEM IN INDIA..
◦ There are four classes: the brahmins (priestly people) , the
kshatriyas(rulers, administrators and warriors; also called
Rajanyas ), the vaisshyas(artisans,merchants,tradesmen and
farmers) and the shudars (labouring classes)
◦ The caste system is a social evil that has been prevailing in
Indian socity for long..
◦ It leads to discrimination and hampers harmony..
◦ The government has formulated various acts and laws to stop
this practice..
POVERITY
◦ Poverty is relative
◦ Poverty occurs in all races and in all countries
◦ Economics class is a continuous line not a clearcut distincition
◦ Gen and situational poverty are different
◦ This work is based on pattners . All pattners have exception
. Individuals brings with them hidden rules of their class
. School operate from the middle<class norms and values
. We cannot blame the victims poverty for being in poverty
. We cannot continue to support stereotypes and prejudices
 CILD LABOUR
◦ Employment of children below a certain age limit is termed as child labour
which varies form country to country
◦ In INDIA the age limit for children is 14 years and any factory or industry
employing children 14 years is illegal
◦ While there are many laws pertanings to child labour in INDIA but its
implementation is pathetic on the ground
◦ Lack of basic facilities poverty overpopulation and corruption all leads to
child labour in a country
◦ the mines act of 1952 prohibits companies to employ children below 18
years of age
CHILD MARRIAGE
◦ According to reports most INDIA child brides come from low-income
families and are usually from rural region with little education.
◦ The number of women who died due to pregnancy and childbirth decided
slightly form 254 in 2006 to 210 in 2009.
◦ Reportedly pregnancy and childbirth complications are the leading cause of
death in young women aged 15-19.
◦ While the problems of child brides my appear to be a problem that is
isolated to developing countries the fact is as a result of immigration and
multi-culturalism many developed countries are experiencing challenges
dealing with the matter as well.
◦ If a women is under 18 or a men is under the age od 21 years and are getting
married that is consider as child marriage . It means that two children are
forced to marry each other with the consent of the two families.
ILLITERACY
◦ Illiteracy is one of the biggest problems that INDIA is facing in
contemporary world. Illiteracy is the mother of various other issues like
poverty population explosion unemployement child labor.
◦ Illiteracy is a major stumbling block in the growth and deveolement of the
country. The majority of the population in INDIA is still illiterate which is
hampering the progress.
◦ A number of significant programmes have been taken up since
independence to eradicate illiteracy among adults some of the important
programmers includes:
◦ Social education – implemented in the first five-year plan (1951-56). The
programmer gave importance to iltercay. Extension general education
leadership training and social consciousness.
LOW STATUS OF WOMEN
◦ Women have not achived equality with men in any country.
◦ Of the worlds 1.3 billion poor people it is estimated that nearly cent are
women.
◦ Between 75 and 80 per cent of the worlds 27 million refugees are women
and children.
◦ womens life expectancey educational attainment and income are higest in
sweeden Canada Norway USA and finland.
◦ Numerous violent acts against women.
◦ Domestic violence is accepted-recent UN study states 6 out of 10 men
abuse their wives.
◦ Abducations of young girls.
GENDER INEQUALITY AT WORK
◦ 1. Uneven access to education.
◦ 2. Lack of employment equality.
◦ 3. Job segregation.
◦ 4. Lack of legal protections.
◦ 5. Lack of bodily autonomy.
◦ 6. Poor medical.
◦ 7. Lack of religious freedom.
◦ 8. Lack of politicly representation.
DOWRY SYSTEM
◦ Dowry system is the INDIA practice of giving gifts to the bried at the
time of her departure to the bridegrooms house.
◦ However the practice of dowry system is not only prevailing in INDIA
but is present in other countries like Europe Africa china greec Japan and
more other countries.
◦ The concept of the dowry system was to ensure that the briede is
financially stable after marriage.
◦ The dowry system has put the bride in a very sensitive situation because
she is viewed as an asset that will help the grooms family amass more
wealth and also this means she is a liability for her own family.
SATI PRACTICE
◦ Sati is the practice among some Hindu communities by which a
recently widowed women either voluntarily or by use of force or
coercion commits suicide as a result of her husbands death.
◦ The best know form of sati is when a woman burns to death on her
husbands funeral pyre.
◦ Sati usually forbid it for brahmin women but the more likely
explanation is that sati was a custom of the warrior caste the
kshatriya.
ALCOHOLISM
◦ There is no agreement regarding at what specific point someone is
an alcoholic.
◦ Alcoholism is a state of physical and psychological addiction to a
psychoactive substance known as ethanol.
. Most definitions of alcoholism include chronic behavioral disorders
repeated drinking to
the point of loss of control health disorders and difficulty functioning
socially and
economically.
SUPERSTITION
◦ A black cat crossing the road symbolizes bad luck.
◦ A crow cawing indicates that guests are arriving.
◦ Drinking milk after eating fish causes skin diseases.
◦ Seeing a mongoose symbolized to be very lucky.
◦ Breaking of mirrors is also another bad luck
SANITATION AND CLEANLINESS
◦ In general terms cleanliness refers to keeping our body and
surroundings clean and tidy.
◦ Cleanliness in a way relates to hygiene and prevention of diseases.
◦ We must take the responsiblites of cleaning our houses as well as
locality.
◦ Cleanliness is essential for a healthy and disease-free living.
◦ Cleanliness has many aspects such as neatness of body and proper
sanitation.
◦ A neat and clean body is the basic requiment for a healthy and happy
mind.
RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS
◦ Inter-religious conflict can be defined as conducted involving
or existing within a religious group or movement.
◦ These are basically religious conficts within a particular
religion that are rooted in difference resulting form religious
matters.
◦ Involving or existing between two or more religion groups or
movements.
◦ They started as purely religious disagreement for example
muslims vs Christians or muslims vs hindu etc.
 BEGGARY
◦ Despite being the predominant topic in headlines
globally terroism doesn’t have a universally agreed
explanation.
◦ In general terms the use of perils or destruction to
accomplish a particular purpose is called terrorism-
legal interpetations of what composes terrorism
changes from country to country.
◦ Over the past years acts of terrorisum have devoleped
across the world.
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
◦ Juvenile delinquency is one of the most important
serious problems of the society. It is almost an outcome
of rapid urbanization and industrialization of model
times.
◦ A large number of children moving from rural areas to
cities or living in slums areas in cities are found to be
highly vulnerable to this process.
◦ This has almost become a universal problem in most of
the industrialized countries.
TO..
◦BY NIKHILESH.
◦TO BINDUSHARMA MAAM