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Comment: Trade unions as pressure group in Indian politics.

  • UPSC 2011
  • 20 marks
  • Party System

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Trade unions are the oldest associational, protective pressure groups in India. They press the state as much as employers, because the state writes labour law, sets public-sector pay and runs the machinery of industrial disputes. Their record is a paradox: they are historically early and legally privileged, yet politically dependent and confined to a shrinking…

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  • Evolution: from national movement to party fronts
  • How unions exert pressure
  • Why influence is limited
  • Signs of renewal
  • Conclusion
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