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INTRODUCTION Indian society is one of the oldest societies. It has got its own customs and traditions. Some of them are very old. They do not suit the present times. Times go on changing. We must also change our customs and traditions to keep pace with the times. Some of our customs are not only useless but are also obstacles in the way of social progress. It is, therefore, essential that they must be changed. The older must change giving place to the new; I will introduce the following social reforms, if ever I become the minister of social welfare.
Our marriage customs must be reformed, hild!marriage and early marriage have no place in social life today. "oys and girls must be given some say in the selection of their partners. I will pass a law which make dowry hunting a legal offence. I will allow no business in the form of marriage, as this is a great social curse. This will be my first reform. #ow!a!days we do not get the necessities of life in pure condition. $ilk, ghee, butter, oil, etc. all are sold adulterated. #ot only food stuffs, but medicines, toilet goods and their articles also are mi%ed with inferior and cheaper substances. This amounts to the cheating of the people. This is a social crime. I will make all possible efforts to curb this nefarious trade. The people will be ensured the supply of pure and unadulterated goods.
In our society, drinking is becoming common. There is also drug addiction on a large scale. Then evil effects of such habits are too well
known to need any discussion. Society must be saved from this social curse. I will educate the people against these evils as well as pass laws against them. When I become the minister for social welfare, this social reform will receive my urgent attention. $an and woman are the two wheels of the social cart. "oth of them must be e&ually strong. "ut in our society women are illiterate. They are kept in 'purdah(. They are denied their due rights. Illiteracy is most wide!spread among women. I will pay special attention towards female education. This will remove many evils from society. )urdah will come to an end. Women will become e&ual partners with men in the work of the development of the country. *ntouchability is a curse. We treat a large section of our people, as if they were animals. I will do my utmost to eradicate this social evil. )ublic opinion shall be educated against it. The condition of the untouchables shall be improved. +ood prices have been raising for sometime past, one of the main causes of this is the hoarding of food grains. There is acute shortage of a number of essential commodities. To earn huge profits, businessmen hoard the necessities of life. This causes great hardship to the people. I will introduce legislation to check hoarding with the greatest eal and effort. -oarders, black marketers and profiteers would be severely dealt with. These are but the most important of the social reforms which have been long overdue. "esides these, there are many other social evils like child labour, gambling, wastage of food etc., on the occasion of
marriages and other social ceremonies etc. I will introduce reform in these spheres also.
Social reforms are urgently needed. There can be no two opinions about this. Others have also made efforts in this direction. "ut the results have not been very encouraging. I will give top priority to social reforms. ffective laws will be framed. )ublic opinion will be created in support of these reforms. /dministration will be made strict. Then alone will success be achieved. Note: This
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The social evils and superstitions that had crept in the society over the centuries made social reforms imperative for the development of the
society and the masses. In the 12th century, the newly educated persons increasingly revolted against rigid social conventions and outdated customs. They could no longer tolerate irrational and de! humanising social practices. $oreover, the backward features of Indian society, such as the caste system or ine&uality of the se%es had religious sanctions in the past. Therefore, it was necessary to reform religious practices as well. The condition of women was pathetic. The various religions practised in India as well as the personal laws based on them consigned women to a status inferior to that of men. )olygamy, )urdah system, sort, ban on widow remarriage, no education for female child, female infanticide, child marriages were some of the evils that had vice3like grip over the society. It thus became necessary to take the women out of this degraded position and help her to realise her true potential. The problems of female feoticide, se%ual harassment at workplace, education are so diverse that they need sound financial backing, all these social evils centre around the petty and marginalied conditions of women in the society. We need to combat evils like the glorification of sati places as pilgrimages, dowry system, girl feoticide, decline in se% ratio, harassment of women etc. This can be achieved by educating the woman and making her financially independent. 4a5asthan has been in the news recently and for all the wrong reasons. +irst, it was tigers disappearing, then it was a guidebook that referred to sati!sites as tourist destinations, and then it was child marriages. The legal age for marriage in India is 16 years for women and 71 years for men. /ny marriage of a person younger than this is banned in
India under the hild $arriage )revention /ct of 1272. "ut child marriages still take place in India; particularly around the -indu holy day of /kshya Tritiya 8also knows as /kha Tee59. :et, it is a religious tradition in many places in India and therefore, difficult to change. )eople feel that traditions are valuable and should not be changed, especially religious traditions, since changing these would amount to asking people not to practise their religion, a fundamental principle of democracy. owry in India, the practice of endowing the groom by the bride(s family, is a tradition, which has changed its intentions from giving a gift to demanding for astronomical amounts which has bankrupted lots of families and made many girls either to commit suicide or being murdered. "ride!price, which is the endowment to the bride(s clan, which is widely practised in )apua #ew
painfully observed, is now on a decline. There has been a wide and critical collapse of moral values in all walks of life and a perilous decline in the human dimension in global, political and trade relations and national economy. evelopment has culminated in widespread discontent, corruption, unemployment, violence, communal and racial discord and much human distress, destruction and disillusionment.
"arring this, the caste system, which had its roots in religion, is another curse in society. Though not so rigid in urban areas, it is still practised in rural areas with the same eal. aste determines man(s marriage, social circle and profession. The untouchables suffer from numerous disabilities and restrictions. -is dresses, food, place of residence, all are degraded. #ot only is it humiliating and inhuman and based on anti!democratic principle of ine&uality by birth, it is a cause of social disintegration. Thus, it has to be fought against. /nother problem that our society faces is the rapid criminalisation of the polity, that could be the result of the fact that criminals have understood the mechanics of the electoral process and have
themselves become contenders for power. arlier, politicians patronised criminals and provided them protection from the law! enforcement agencies in e%change for the use of their muscle power during elections. /nd now it is the opposite!with the criminals themselves taking over the reigns of power and patronising the= politicians and their parties. Of late, there is an increasing e%posure of the criminals in the>
religion. :et a lot needs to be done to eradicate from the shreds a number of social evils still haunting our society.
7ERSONAL VIE' owry system is also a great concern of this society. in this cultured India educated people are more responsible for increasing this system. today?s realty is that a governed person demand for costly cars and all goods in his marriage. if a educated person directly demands for dowry then it is a great same for education. government should be implement the dowry laws strictly so that this concern would be decrease. We must adopt these things in our personal life because we are human beings only then it will we possible to remove these evils from our precious society.
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