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What are public interest pressure groups? Describe their functioning.

Answer:

Public interest group or public interest pressure group are those groups which seek to promote their interests for a large section of the society and not for it?s member only. For example, a group fighting against bonded labour or child labour. Public interest groups are also called promotional groups as they promote collective rather than selective good.

Functioning of Public Interest Group:

Sometime the members of a public interest group may undertake activity that benefits them as well as others.

For example, BAMCEF (Backward Minorities Community Employees Federation), is an organisation which fights against cast discrimination.