Indian society is over 5,000 years old and is comprised of many diverse cultures and ethnicities. This complexity has led to many social issues rooted in India's religious and cultural practices. Some of the most common social ills plaguing Indian society are overpopulation, illiteracy, child labor, dowry, casteism, and poverty. Overpopulation is exacerbating issues like poverty and lack of resources. Illiteracy remains a major problem despite government initiatives. Poverty impacts many and creates disparities between the rich and poor. Caste discrimination defines social status and denies opportunities based on birth. Proposed solutions include increased education and awareness, job creation, empowering women, and poverty alleviation.

1. Social ills that ail
the Indian society!
Gowtham Chandrasekar.

2. INDIA!
India is an ancient country and according to some estimates,
Indian civilization is about five thousand years of age.
Therefore, it is natural that its society will also be very old
and complex.
Throughout its long period of history, India has witnessed
and received several waves of immigrants such as Aryans,
Muslims etc.
These people brought with themselves their own ethnic
varieties and cultures and contributed to India’s diversity,

3. Therefore, Indian society is a complex mix of
diverse cultures, people, beliefs and languages
which may have come from anywhere but now is
a part of this vast country.
This complexity and richness gives Indian society
a unique appearance of a very vibrant and colorful
cultural country.

4. But the very same complexity brings with itself complex nature of
social problems and issues.
In fact every society of the world has their social issues
unique to their society. So does Indian society. Indian
society is very rooted in religious beliefs; there are people of
different religious beliefs such as Hindus, Muslims, Jains,
Sikhs, Parsis etc.

5. These all adds to the socio-cultural varieties of the
country. India’s social problems are also rooted in
the religious practices and beliefs of it’speople.

6. Almost all forms of social issues and problems
find their origin in the religious and cultural
practices of the people of India.
These social problems are developed in a long
period of times and are still continuing in one
form or other.

7. THE INDIAN SOCIETY HAS
SEVERAL ILL PRACTISE OUT OF
WHICH SOME MOST COMMON
PRACTISES ARE
OVER POPULATION
ILLITERACY
CHILD LABOUR
DOWRY
CASTEISM
AND POVERTY.

8. Today, India’s population is
1.3 billion, and it is
increasing……….

9. It is a curse that hampers development and
harms society. According to sources, India has
about 33 births a minute; 2,000 an hour; and
48,000 a day.

10. What are the Factors Responsible?
Lack of proper education
Being superstitious by nature, Indians
regard children as the gift of nature.
They know very little about the modern
methods of population control.
They do not realise the importance of better
standards of living.

12. Social Legislation prohibiting early
marriage.
Improvement in the percentage of
literacy.
Family norms should be implemented so that they
are made aware of the consequences of large
families
Suggestions for Population control

13. • . The availability of resources is unable to
meet the increase in population.
• With a rapidly increasing population, the
resources per person will decrease
further, leading to the next two major
challenges that India faces.

14. Well,The next challenge is Poverty.

16. Statistics say that India is the 10th
largest economy in the world, but the
real condition of our nation is evident to
just anybody.

17. According to World Bank reports, 32.6% of the
population of India falls below the international
poverty line of US $1.25/day!.
Not just that – 68.7% of the people live on less than
US $ 2 each day!.

18. What is more devastating than
the problem of poverty itself is
the disparity it creates – the
social g a p between the poor
and the rich!.

19. They say that India is a land of vivid
diversity. One can see a group of
people blowing away money in smoke,
and another, working hard to earn
enough for two meals a day.
Godowns overflow with grains while
people still die of starvation!.

21. Solutions: The solutions for poverty are discussed
below:
• Poverty can be checked by increasing job opportunities. It
will decrease the rate of unemployment which ultimately results in
decrease of poverty in economy.
• Government should take more steps towards charity, trusts
and also have some transparency while spending money in those
social institutions.
• The education system should be reformed and initiatives should be

22. • The next is Illiteracy…

23. Illiteracy is a condition which becomes a
blot on the development of nation. India
possesses the largest illiterate population.
Illiteracy in India is a problem which has
complex dimensions attached to it. Illiteracy
in India is more or less concerned with
different forms of disparities that exist in
the country.

24. The Indian government though has launched
several schemes to combat the menace of
illiteracy but due to the poor conditions of
sanitation and expensive private education and
defective mid-day meal schemes, illiteracy still
prevails.

26. Not only the government, but every
literate person needs to accept the
eradication of illiteracy as a personal
goal. Each and every contribution by a
literate person can make a
contribution to eradicate the menace.

27. Child labour!

28. • Child labour typically means the employment
of children in any work with or without
payment.
• Child labour is not only limited to India, it
happens to be a global phenomenon

29. • As far as India is concerned, the issue is a
vicious one as children in India have
historically been helping parents at their farms
and other primitive activities.
• Over population, illiteracy, poverty, debt trap
are some of the common causes which are
instrumental in this issue.

31. Multinational companies also recruit children in
garment industries for more work and less pay
which is absolutely unethical.
Child labour as a global concern has been raised
on international platforms as well.

32. • Abolition of child trafficking, elimination of
poverty, free and compulsory education, and
basic standards of living can reduce the
problem to a great extent.
• The World Bank, International Monetary Fund
can help in eradicating poverty by providing
loan to the developing countries.

33. The Next is DOWRY…

34. Dowry means the money, goods or estate that a
woman brings to her husband in marriage. Dowry
is a continuing demand. It is not one isolated
payment made initially at the time of marriage
alone, but a series of gifts before and after
marriage till the in-laws and the husband are
appeased. This custom of dowry has been in
vogue since very ancient times

35. As per the Dowry Prohibition Act 1961,
Dowry is Any property or valuable
security given or agreed to be given
either directly or indirectly

37. CASTEISM IN INDIA

38. Caste system is a phenomenon related to
Hinduism in particular. Its origin, evolution and
existence are peculiar to India.

39. • Caste system is a system much like western concept
of racism where people are discriminated against due
to their skin color; similarly, in caste system,
discrimination is done on the basis of birth i.e. a
person’s social status is defined on the basis of
his/her caste in which he/she took birth and that is
the sole criterion of establishing his/her social status.
• In other words, on the basis of caste, it is fixed at the
time of a person’s birth that whether she/he would
have higher or lower status in social hierarchy.

40. Caste system is based on the principle of
inequality. It believes that some people are
higher than others.
• They are to be deprived of all privileges and
facilities.
• They are denied high posts and positions.
• Their educational backwardness stood on
the way of their consciousness, on the way of
social justice.
• Once backward in educational field they had
least share in bureaucracy and decision making
process, to their own advantage.

41. Solution: Education is the only way
which will helps the people to
become aware of the disadvantages
of Caste system.

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