4. Professional Associations

These are associations that raise the concerns and demands of doctors, lawyers, journalists and teachers. Despite various restrictions, these associations pressurise the government by various methods including agitations for the improvement of their service conditions. They include:

(i) Indian Medical Association (IMA)

(ii) Bar Council of India (BCI)

(iii) Indian Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ)

(iv) All India Federation of University and College Teachers (AIFUCT)