1."The Sociological Imagination" by C. Wright Mills
2."The Elementary Forms of Religious Life" by Emile Durkheim
3."The Social Construction of Reality" by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann
4."Gender Trouble" by Judith Butler
5."The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" by Max Weber6
."The Souls of Black Folk" by W.E.B. Du Bois
7."The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" by Erving Goffman
8."Capital: Volume 1" by Karl Marx
9."The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception" by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer
10."Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community" by Robert D. Putnam.
Indian scholar books
1."Caste in Modern India and Other Essays" by M.N. Srinivas
2."The Weaker Sections in Indian Villages: A Study of Their Indebtedness and Poverty" by Andre Beteille
3."The Scheduled Tribes in India: A Socio-economic Profile" by Surinder S. Jodhka
4."The Agrarian System of Mughal India: 1556-1707" by Irfan Habib
5."The Making of Modern India: From Marx to Gandhi" by Bipan Chandra
6."The Politics of Social Change in India: A Case Study of Bihar" by Yogendra Singh
7."The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology" edited by Veena Das and Dipankar Gupta
8."Social Change in Modern India" by M.N. Srinivas
9."Caste, Class, and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village" by Andre Beteille
10."The Social Structure of Indian Muslims: A Study of Muslim Society" by Imtiaz Ahmad
2."The Elementary Forms of Religious Life" by Emile Durkheim
3."The Social Construction of Reality" by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann
4."Gender Trouble" by Judith Butler
5."The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" by Max Weber6
."The Souls of Black Folk" by W.E.B. Du Bois
7."The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" by Erving Goffman
8."Capital: Volume 1" by Karl Marx
9."The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception" by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer
10."Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community" by Robert D. Putnam.
Indian scholar books
1."Caste in Modern India and Other Essays" by M.N. Srinivas
2."The Weaker Sections in Indian Villages: A Study of Their Indebtedness and Poverty" by Andre Beteille
3."The Scheduled Tribes in India: A Socio-economic Profile" by Surinder S. Jodhka
4."The Agrarian System of Mughal India: 1556-1707" by Irfan Habib
5."The Making of Modern India: From Marx to Gandhi" by Bipan Chandra
6."The Politics of Social Change in India: A Case Study of Bihar" by Yogendra Singh
7."The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology" edited by Veena Das and Dipankar Gupta
8."Social Change in Modern India" by M.N. Srinivas
9."Caste, Class, and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village" by Andre Beteille
10."The Social Structure of Indian Muslims: A Study of Muslim Society" by Imtiaz Ahmad
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🔆 The Central Information Commission (CIC) :
✅ Constituted - Under the Right to Information Act, 2005
✅ Members - Chief Information Commissioner, not more than ten Information Commissioners.
✅ Appointment - By President
✅ Status - Statutory Body (Non-Constitutional body)
✅ Headquarters - New Delhi.
✅ Appointment - On The Recommendation of a Committee Consisting of :
🔸The Prime Minister as the Chairperson,
🔸The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and
🔸A Union Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister.
✅ Not Eligible for Reappointment .
✅ Powers - To Investigate RTI complaints, pass orders for the supply of information, and impose penalties for defaults.
✅ Functions - The Commission is required to receive and inquire into a complaint from any person [Under RTI ACT] :
🔸Who has not been able to submit an information request because of the non-appointment of a Public Information Officer.
🔸Who has been refused information that was requested.
🔸Who has not received a response to his information request within the specified time limits.
🔸Who thinks the fees charged are unreasonable.
🔸Who thinks the information given is incomplete misleading or false.
🔸Any other matter relating to obtaining information.
✅ Constituted - Under the Right to Information Act, 2005
✅ Members - Chief Information Commissioner, not more than ten Information Commissioners.
✅ Appointment - By President
✅ Status - Statutory Body (Non-Constitutional body)
✅ Headquarters - New Delhi.
✅ Appointment - On The Recommendation of a Committee Consisting of :
🔸The Prime Minister as the Chairperson,
🔸The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and
🔸A Union Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister.
✅ Not Eligible for Reappointment .
✅ Powers - To Investigate RTI complaints, pass orders for the supply of information, and impose penalties for defaults.
✅ Functions - The Commission is required to receive and inquire into a complaint from any person [Under RTI ACT] :
🔸Who has not been able to submit an information request because of the non-appointment of a Public Information Officer.
🔸Who has been refused information that was requested.
🔸Who has not received a response to his information request within the specified time limits.
🔸Who thinks the fees charged are unreasonable.
🔸Who thinks the information given is incomplete misleading or false.
🔸Any other matter relating to obtaining information.
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🔆Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Campaign:
✅Objective: To eliminate child marriage through collective efforts and focus on high-burden states and districts.
✅Target States: West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Tripura, Assam, and Andhra Pradesh, along with nearly 300 high-burden districts.
✅Child Marriage Free Bharat Portal: A platform to raise awareness, report cases, and monitor progress with real-time tracking by Child Marriage Prohibition Officers (CMPOs).
✅Monitoring Mechanism: Central nodal officers and state-level CMPOs will ensure accountability and support for affected individuals.
✅Goal: Reduce child marriage rates to below 5% by 2029; rates have already dropped from 47.4% (2006) to 23.3% (2019-21)
✅Objective: To eliminate child marriage through collective efforts and focus on high-burden states and districts.
✅Target States: West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Tripura, Assam, and Andhra Pradesh, along with nearly 300 high-burden districts.
✅Child Marriage Free Bharat Portal: A platform to raise awareness, report cases, and monitor progress with real-time tracking by Child Marriage Prohibition Officers (CMPOs).
✅Monitoring Mechanism: Central nodal officers and state-level CMPOs will ensure accountability and support for affected individuals.
✅Goal: Reduce child marriage rates to below 5% by 2029; rates have already dropped from 47.4% (2006) to 23.3% (2019-21)
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E-Daakhil portal:
✅It is launched by National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission.
✅The e-daakhil portal empowers the consumer and their advocates to file consumer complaints online.
✅It also facilitates to male payment of requisite fees online from anywhere in order to redress their complaints.
✅The site of the e-Daakhil Portal was developed and is maintained by the National Information Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
📍This portal has been developed under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
▪️National consumer dispute redressal commission:
✅Nodal: Ministry of consumer affairs food and public distribution
📍The Consumer Protection Act was passed in 1986 to protect the interests of the consumers.( quasi- judicial body)
✅The objective of this law is to provide a simple, fast and inexpensive mechanism to the citizens to redress their grievances in specified cases.
✅The Act envisages a three-tier quasi-judicial machinery at the National, State and District levels:
i. National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission known as “National Commission”;
ii. State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission known as “State Commission”;
iii. District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum – known as “District Forum”.
✅It is launched by National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission.
✅The e-daakhil portal empowers the consumer and their advocates to file consumer complaints online.
✅It also facilitates to male payment of requisite fees online from anywhere in order to redress their complaints.
✅The site of the e-Daakhil Portal was developed and is maintained by the National Information Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
📍This portal has been developed under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
▪️National consumer dispute redressal commission:
✅Nodal: Ministry of consumer affairs food and public distribution
📍The Consumer Protection Act was passed in 1986 to protect the interests of the consumers.( quasi- judicial body)
✅The objective of this law is to provide a simple, fast and inexpensive mechanism to the citizens to redress their grievances in specified cases.
✅The Act envisages a three-tier quasi-judicial machinery at the National, State and District levels:
i. National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission known as “National Commission”;
ii. State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission known as “State Commission”;
iii. District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum – known as “District Forum”.
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