Giving examples of some social ills plaguing the society, discuss how social persuasion can be an effective technique to overcome them.

A social ill is a societal belief or practice which has undesirable consequences for individuals as well as society as a whole.

Several such social ills can be identified in Indian society:-

For example,

Child marriage Discrimination of certain gender-girls, transgenders etc. Manual scavenging. Caste based discrimination and untouchability (and religion, race etc) Stigma attached with menstruation

The above ills require policies and legislations to tackle. However, given that they are social problems, they must also be dealt using techniques of social persuasion.

For eg: To deal with social ill-child marriage