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What is the role and significance of civil society in today's world?

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Encouraging cultural diversity is good policy from both the practical and the principled point of view. Justify the statement using Indians case as a nation-state.

 

Answer:

Civil society in the aggregate of non-governmental organisations and institutions that manifest interests and will of citizens. Civil society includes the family and the private sphere referred to as the ?3rd sector? of society, distinct from government and business.

Role and significance:

(i) Civil society raise the common demands, requirements of the society.

(ii) It also highlights, praise and critise the policies of the government.

(iii) It talked about the interests of some sections for their better living of life.

(iv) It organise social movements on behalf of the concerned section of the society.

Thus, civil society organistaions are very important in today?s world.

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Cultural diversity came into existence because of:

(a) Modernisation

(b) Westernisation

(c) Secularisation

(d) Sanskritisation.

It is a good policy from practical and principled point of view because it had made Indian nation-state:

(a) More united and integrated.

(b) Culturally diverse.

(c) Feeling of oneness.

(d) Intermixing and mingling of different culture.

(e) Existence of different languages, customs and traditions.

Therefore, the statement that cultural diversity is a good policy for us is justified.