What is the relevance of civil society organisations today?

a) Civil society is a broad concept; it lies not only beyond the private domain of the family but also outside the domain of state and market.

b) Civil society is the non-state and non-market part of public domain in which the individuals voluntarily come together to create organisations and institutions.


c) The individual’s voluntary takes up social issues and get combined with people having same interest and try to solve it and draws the attention of State towards it.


d) It is active citizenship.


e) It includes political parties, media Institutions, trade unions, non-governmental organisations, religious organisations and various other kinds of collective entities.


f) The Civil Society is not the organisation controlled by State but they are not purely commercial profit making entity also.


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