GS2 · 15 marks · 250 words
Though all pressure groups employ similar techniques to incorporate their interests in state policies, a few are more successful than others. What are the various factors that result in the success of the pressure groups?
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Syllabus: Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary—Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity.
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