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Monthly Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
Septemper, 2026: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
| UPSC Sociology News (SEPTEMBER, 2026) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| Untouchability: The Purity Paradox | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Caste System: Untouchability – forms and perspectives Visions of Social Change in India: Constitution, law and social change. | B. R. Ambedkar, Louis Dumont |
| Vibrant Villages, Inclusive Development | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Rural and Agrarian Social Structure: The idea of Indian village and village studies | Agrarian social structure — evolution of land system, land reforms | Social Classes in India: Agrarian class structure. | A. R. Desai, Andre Béteille |
| Farmers, Pensions and Social Security | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Works and Economic life: Labour and Society Paper 2: Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India: Programmes of rural development, Community Development Programme, cooperatives, poverty alleviation schemes | Challenges of Social Transformation: Poverty, deprivation and inequalities | Amartya Sen, Peter Townsend |
| Grassroots Workers, Rural Transformation | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Rural and Agrarian Social Structure: The idea of Indian village and village studies | Visions of Social Change in India: Idea of development planning and mixed economy | Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India: Programmes of rural development, Community Development Programme, cooperatives, poverty alleviation schemes. | Michael Lipsky, Robert Putnam |
| Gender, Land and Power | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Works and Economic Life: Labour and Society | Systems of Kinship: Patriarchy and sexual division of labour Paper 2: Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India: Green revolution and social change | Problems of rural labour, bondage, and migration | Systems of Kinship in India: Patriarchy, entitlements and sexual division of labour. | Friedrich Engels, Sylvia Walby |
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August, 2026: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
| UPSC Sociology News (AUGust, 2026) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| Household Cost of Unemployment | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Works and Economic Life: Labour and Society | Systems of Kinship: Family, household, marriage Paper 2: Social Structure: Middle classes in India | Systems of Kinship in India: Household dimensions of the family | Karl Marx, Max Weber |
| Breaking Barriers in Leadership | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Stratification and Mobility: Dimensions – Social stratification of gender; Social mobility – open and closed systems, types of mobility, sources and causes of mobility Paper 2: Visions of Social Change in India: Education and social change | Kimberlé Crenshaw, Max Weber |
| Changing Education Landscape | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Social Change in Modern Society: Agents of social change, Education and social change. Paper 2: Visions of Social Change in India: Education and social change | Challenges of Social Transformation: Illiteracy and disparities in education | Ivan Illich, Talcott Parsons |
| The Myth of Perfect Victim | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Max Weber: Ideal Types | Stratification and Mobility: Dimensions – Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race | Systems of Kinship: Patriarchy and sexual division of labour. Paper 2: Challenges of Social Transformation: Violence against women. | Nils Christie, Howard Becker |
| Marriage And Religion | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Religion and Society: Sociological theories of religion; Religion in modern society: religion and science, secularization, religious revivalism, fundamentalism | Systems of Kinship: Family, household, marriage. Paper 2: Systems of Kinship in India: Family and marriage in India | Religion and Society: Religious communities in India | Problems of religious minorities. | Sylvia Walby, Deniz Kandiyoti |
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July, 2026: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
| UPSC Sociology News (JUly, 2026) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| Hul Diwas – Tribal Dignity | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Politics and Society: Protest, agitation, social movements, collective action, revolution Paper 2: Impact of colonial rule on Indian society: Protests and movements during the colonial period | Tribal Communities in India | Verrier Elwin, Émile Durkheim |
| Informal Workers In Metro Cities | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Works and Economic life: Formal and informal organization of work, Labour and Society. Paper 2: Working class: structure, growth, class mobilization | Informal sector, child labour | Manuel Castells, Karl Marx |
| Right To Be Forgotten | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Sociological Thinkers: Mead- Self and identity | Politics and Society: Nation, state, citizenship, democracy | Michel Foucault, Erving Goffman |
| Intersex Persons As Distinct Class | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Stratification and Mobility: Dimensions – Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race | George Herbert Mead, Judith Butler |
| PM Vidyalaxmi Scheme | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Social Change in Modern Society: Education and social change Paper 2: Visions of Social Change in India: Education and social change. Challenges of Social Transformation: Poverty, deprivation and inequalities | Illiteracy and disparities in education | Amartya Sen, Pierre Bourdieu |
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June, 2026: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
| UPSC Sociology News (JUNE, 2026) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| ‘Partner-less’ Population | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Systems of Kinship: Family, household, marriage, Types and forms of family Paper 2: Systems of Kinship in India: Family and marriage in India, Household dimensions of the family | Arlie Hochschild, William J. Goode |
| Tribal Identity and Rights | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Politics and Society: Protest, agitation, social movements Paper 2: Tribal Communities in India | Antonio Gramsci, N.K. Bose |
| India’s Middle Class Surge | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Stratification and Mobility: Dimensions- Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race Paper 2: Social Classes in India: Middle classes in India | Industrialization and Urbanisation in India | Max Weber, Pierre Bourdieu |
| Social Media Age Limits | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Emile Durkheim: Anomie | Science, technology and social change Paper 2: Visions of Social Change in India: Constitution, law and social change, Education and social change. | Shoshana Zuboff, Jonathan Haidt |
| Maternal Health Matters | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Politics and Society: State Paper 2: Population Dynamics: Emerging issues- ageing, sex ratios, child and infant mortality, reproductive health | Michel Foucault, Arlie Hochschild |
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May, 2026: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
| UPSC Sociology News (may, 2026) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| Delimitation and female urban-participation | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Politics and society: Democracy | Work and Economic Life | Patriarchy Paper 2: Industrialisation and Urbanisation in India | Robert Dahl, Pierre Bourdieu |
| From black to grey | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Social Change Paper 2: Population dynamics: Ageing | Kingsley Davis, Frank W. Notestein |
| Goal attainment and youth aspirations | Click here for news article | Paper 1: R. K. Merton: Deviance | Talcott Parsons: Social System Paper 2: Visions of Social Change in India: Education and Social Change | Robert K. Merton, Pierre Bourdieu |
| UCC and Tribal Identity | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Religion and Society: Secularisation Paper 2: Tribal Communities in India | Problems of religious minorities | G.S. Ghurye, Verrier Elwin, Andre Béteille |
| Women Beyond Reservation | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Politics and Society: Democracy | Patriarchy | Gender dimension of social straritification Paper 2: Politics and Society: Democracy and citizenship | Patriarchy and entitlement of women | Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Sylvia Walby, T.H. Marshall |
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April, 2026: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
| UPSC Sociology News (April, 2026) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| Caste-Neutrality And Structural Hierarchies | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Caste System – Perspectives on the study of caste systems, Features of caste system | Challenges of Social Transformation – Caste conflicts | Prof. Surinder Jodhka, Pratap Bhanu Mehta |
| ‘Three-Day Untouchability’ Every Month | Click here for news article | Paper 1: System of Kinship – Patriarchy and s@xual division of labour Paper 2: Caste System: Untouchability – forms and perspectives | Shubhanshi Singh, Benevolent S*xism |
| Trust-Based Governance – Jan Vishwas | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Visions of Social Change in India – Constitution, law and social change | Amitabh Kant, Neelanjan Sircar |
| Middle Class Vulnerability | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Social Classes in India – Middle classes in India | Challenges of Social Transformation – Poverty, deprivation and inequalities | Saurabh Mukherjea, Nandita Rajhansa, and Sapana Bhavsar |
| Social Reform Vs. Religion | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Religion and Society – Religion in modern society Paper 2: Challenges of Social Transformation – Constitution, law and social change | Dick Houtman, Galen Watts |
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March, 2026: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
Women Special
| UPSC Sociology News (Mar, 2026) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| Quiet Demographic Revolution | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Social Change in Modern Society – Agents of social change Paper 2: Population Dynamics (a) Population size, growth, composition and distribution | K.S. James, Surinder S. Jodhka |
| Women Farmers – Rights, Justice, Action | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Works and Economic life – Formal and informal organization of work Paper 2: Agrarian class structure | Sylvia Walby, Karl Marx |
| Women’s Digital Safety Vs. Innovation | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Science, technology and social change Paper 2: Challenges of Social Transformation – Violence against women | Manuel Castells, Donna Haraway |
| ‘Dominant caste men used violence as tool’ | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Challenges of Social Transformation – Violence against women, Caste conflicts | Sobin George, Gail Omvedt |
| From Women’s Development to Women-led Development | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Social Change in Modern Society – Development and dependency Paper 2: Visions of Social Change in India – Idea of development planning and mixed economy | Ebha Patel, Hemangini Gupta |
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February, 2026: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
| UPSC Sociology News (Feb, 2026) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| SHE Marts – Gender Budgeting | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Patriarchy and s@xual division of labour Paper 2: Challenges of Social Transformation | Harriet Martineau, Bina Agarwal |
| Multi-dimensionality of Tribal Unrest | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Tribal Communities in India | Ethnicity and Identity movements | Verrier Elwin, Singh & Choubey |
| 84% waste-pickers from SC, ST, OBC | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Stratification and Mobility – (a) Concepts – equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation Paper 2: Caste System – (b) Features of caste system (c) Untouchability – forms and perspectives | Harsha Anantharaman, Erving Goffman (Stigma Theory) |
| Infertility and Mental Health | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Population Dynamics – reproductive health | Simone de Beauvoir, G. H. Mead |
| Tribal Women’s Inheritance Rights | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Tribal Communities in India | Systems of Kinship in India – Lineage and descent in India | Sherry Ortner, Sonali Mohapatra |
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January, 2026: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
| UPSC Sociology News (Jan, 2026) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| Menstrual health in schools | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Systems of Kinship: Patriarchy and s@xual division of labour | Education and social change Paper 2: Population Dynamics: Reproductive health | Sharmila Rege, Kimberlé Crenshaw |
| Hidden Impact of Delayed Puberty | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Population Dynamics: Reproductive health | G H Mead, Erik Erikson |
| Limits of household stability | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Systems of Kinship: Family, Household Paper 2: Systems of Kinship in India: Household dimensions of the family | David Harvey |
| Criminality of False Marriage | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Systems of Kinship: Family, household, marriage | Contemporary trends Paper 2: Systems of Kinship in India: Family and marriage in India | Anthony Giddens, Erving Goffman |
| Coorg’s Land Record System | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Rural and Agrarian Social Structure: Agrarian social structure —evolution of land tenure system, land reforms | D.N. Dhanagare, P.C. Joshi |
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December, 2025: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
| UPSC Sociology News (Dec, 2025) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| Urbanisation With A Heart | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Industrialization and Urbanisation in India: Growth of urban settlements in India | Ulrich Beck, Henri Lefebvre |
| Religious Minorities Empowerment | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Religion and Society Paper 2: Religion and Society: Problems of religious minorities | Pierre Bourdieu, Talcott Parsons |
| Dalit Movement And Constitutionalism | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Caste System: Untouchability | Visions of Social Change in India: Constitution, law and social change | T.H. Marshall, B.R. Ambedkar |
| Sociology Of Organ Trade | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Robert K. Merton – conformity and deviance Paper 2: Challenges of Social Transformation: Poverty, deprivation, and inequalities | Paul Farmer, Ivan Illich |
| Organ Donation – Gender Lens | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Patriarchy and s@xual division of labour Paper 2: Violence against women | Patriarchy and entitlement | Ann Oakley, Pierre Bourdieu |
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November, 2025: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
| UPSC Sociology News (Nov, 2025) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| Sociology of Femicide | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Dimensions of Social Stratification: Gender | Patriarchy Paper 2: Patriarchy and s@xual division of labour | Violence Against Women | Iris Marion Young |
| Capital vs Labour Inequality | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Theories of Social stratification – Marxist theory Paper 2: Poverty, deprivation and inequalities | Karl Marx, Thomas Piketty |
| Criminalising polygamy | Click here for news article | Paper 1: System of Kinship: Family, household, marriage Paper 2: Systems of Kinship in India: Family and marriage in India | Sylvia Walby, Leela Dube, |
| Scourge of Manual Scavenging | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Untouchability | Constitution, Law and Social Change | B R Ambedkar, Louis Dumont |
| ‘Identity’ in Digital Age | Click here for news article | Paper 1: G. H. Mead (Self and Identity) | Technology and Social Change | Erving Goffman, Michel Foucault |
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October, 2025: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
| UPSC Sociology News (Oct, 2025) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| Marital Disruption | Click here for news article | Paper 1: System of Kinship: Family, household, marriage | Contemporary trends Paper 2: Systems of Kinship in India: Family and marriage in India | Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim |
| Sub-Caste in Census 2027 | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Research Methods and Analysis: Techniques of data collection Paper 2: Caste System: Features of caste system | M.N. Srinivas (Field View), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (Caste as Enclosed Class) |
| Property rights of Minors | Click here for news article | Paper 1: System of Kinship: Family, household, marriage Paper 2: Systems of Kinship in India: Family and marriage in India | Leela Dube, Henry Maine |
| Sociology of Chhath Puja | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Emile Durkheim (Religion) | Religion and Society: Sociological theories of religion | Robert Redfield, McKim Marriott |
| Elderly in India | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Population Dynamics: Emerging issues: ageing | SACRED Portal |
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September, 2025: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
| UPSC Sociology News (Sep, 2025) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| Who silences the dowry victim? | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Stratification:- Gender | System of Kinship:- Patriarchy and Entitlements Paper 2: Challenges of Social Transformation -Violence against Women | Dipankar Gupta, Utsa Patnaik |
| Elderly Women: The Quiet Majority | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Population Dynamics-Emerging issues: ageing. System of Kinship-Family and kinship, entitlements | The Demographic Context of Ageing | Clark Tibbitts – Defined ageing |
| Tribal ‘Change Leaders’ | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Stratification and Mobility:- Ethnicity and race Paper 2: Tribal Communities in India | Verrier Elwin, GS Ghurye |
| Gender Angle To Economic Vulnerabilities | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Stratification:-Gender Inequality. Work and Economic Life:- gender wage gap Paper 2: Family and Kinship in India (Patriarchy) | Intersectionality of Discrimination, Heidi Hartmann (Capitalism and Patriarchy) |
| Migration and Globalisation | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India:- Problems of rural labour: bondage and migration. | Everett Lee (Push-Pull Factors), Poverty as Capability Deprivation |
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August, 2025: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs Compilation
| UPSC Sociology News (Aug, 2025) | Link to Article | Related Sociology Syllabus Topics | Related Sociology Thinkers (concepts) |
| Women in Agriculture | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Works & Economic Life Paper 2: Rural & Agrarian Transformation in India | Bina Agarwal, Sylvia Walby, Kimberlé Crenshaw |
| Kerala – Maternal Mortality | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Population Dynamics-child and infant mortality, reproductive health | Ann Oakley, Michael Marmot, Demographic Transition Theory |
| Greying With Grace | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Population Dynamics-Emerging issues: ageing. | Demographic Transition Theory |
| Citizens, Domicile, Migrants | Click here for news article | Paper 1: Politics and Society-citizenship Paper 2: Politics & Society-Nation, democracy, citizenship; | Social Identity Theory Ethnic Mobilisation |
| Untouchability Wall | Click here for news article | Paper 2: Caste System-Untouchability. | Social Closure Theory (Max Weber) |
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