Published: 2nd Aug, 2025
Mains Sampoorna - The Definitive Current Affairs Themes for Mains 2025 - #8 - Indian Society
Understanding the evolving nature of Indian society is vital for answering GS Paper I in IAS Mains 2025 with depth and perspective. The Mains Sampoorna: Contemporary Issues of Indian Society booklet is a carefully curated thematic resource that captures the most pressing social issues, demographic transitions, and identity-based dynamics shaping modern India. This edition bridges sociological theory with ground realities, offering aspirants a robust foundation to approach questions with analytical clarity and updated content.
Understanding the evolving nature of Indian society is vital for answering GS Paper I in IAS Mains 2025 with depth and perspective. The Mains Sampoorna: Contemporary Issues of Indian Society booklet is a carefully curated thematic resource that captures the most pressing social issues, demographic transitions, and identity-based dynamics shaping modern India. This edition bridges sociological theory with ground realities, offering aspirants a robust foundation to approach questions with analytical clarity and updated content.
Key Features of the PDF
- Thematic Structure: Covers 8 high-yield themes including Population, Urbanisation, Regionalism, Communalism, Caste, Gender, Social Justice, and Tribal Issues.
- Current Developments: Includes themes like caste census debate, new urban poor, demographic dividend challenges, honour killings, regional disparities, gender-based violence, and tribal rights activism.
- Link with Government Reports: Draws from NFHS-6, NCRB data, Gender Budgeting Statements, and SC/ST Commission findings to strengthen factual foundation.
- Sociological Lens + UPSC Relevance: Topics interpreted through sociological perspectives (e.g., Sanskritisation, marginalisation, exclusion) while staying aligned with UPSC’s question trends.
- PYQ Anchoring: Topics selected and framed in accordance with recurring themes from past UPSC Mains GS Paper I questions (e.g., family structures, regionalism, urban challenges).
How to Utilise This Book
- Use with GS Paper I Themes: Align each section with static topics in Indian Society to revise current affairs chapter-wise.
- Write Better Answers: Add weight with data (e.g., falling TFR, crime stats), real-life illustrations, and balanced viewpoints across caste, gender, and class.
- Support for Essay & Ethics: Use social issues like inequality, patriarchy, and inclusion in ethical case studies and value-laden essays.
- Last-Mile Value Addition: Extract one-pager summaries and issue briefs to quickly revise just before Mains.
- Sociology Optional Linkage: The booklet can also supplement selected Paper I topics in Sociology Optional with current insights.
Mains Sampoorna – Indian Society is your essential toolkit to integrate current societal trends with static foundations, enabling more relevant and nuanced answers for IAS Mains 2025.
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