You can support quality journalism by turning off ad blocker or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to The Hindu. O Índice de Democracia é um índice compilado pela revista The Economist para examinar o estado da democracia em 167 países, na tentativa de quantificar este com o Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index do que se concentrou em cinco categorias gerais: o processo eleitoral e pluralismo, as liberdades civis, o funcionamento do governo, participação política e cultura política.

The results highlight how, despite a growing disillusionment with formal political institutions, political participation is on the rise as people are spurred into political action. It has helped us keep apace with events and happenings.The Hindu has always stood for journalism that is in the public interest. The twelfth edition of the Democracy Index finds that the average global score has fallen from 5.48 in 2018, to 5.44. To enable wide dissemination of news that is in public interest, we have increased the number of articles that can be read free, and extended free trial periods. In this year’s Democracy Index, find out how democracy fared in 2018. In this year’s Democracy Index, find out how democracy fared in 2018. The Economist intelligence Unit Economic and geopolitical insight guiding the world’s organisations We work with our clients to help them navigate the increasingly complex global environment, to analyse political and economic developments, forecast economic trends, and understand country specific regulations and business practices. At this difficult time, it becomes even more important that we have access to information that has a bearing on our health and well-being, our lives, and livelihoods. the terms of access.The Economist Group would like to contact you regarding our publications, research, newsletters and events. The latest edition of the Democracy Index spells gloom for India. It also cites the critics’ claim that the exercise “targets the Muslim population and will lead to demographic changes along religious lines”.On the CAA, the report says, “The new citizenship law has enraged the large Muslim population, stoked communal tensions and generated large protests in major cities.”The Index also categorises India under “flawed democracies”, countries that hold free and fair elections and where basic civil liberties are respected, but have significant weaknesses in aspects of democracy, such as problems in governance, an underdeveloped political culture and low levels of political participation.

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We have been keeping you up-to-date with information on the developments in India and the world that have a bearing on our health and wellbeing, our lives and livelihoods, during these difficult times. The report published on Wednesday by The Economist Intelligence Unit — the research and analysis division of The Economist Group, which is the sister company to The Economist newspaper — records how global democracy fared, analysing 165 independent states and two territories.India was graded in electoral process and pluralism (8.67), government functioning (6.79), political participation (6.67), political culture (5.63) and civil liberties (6.76).The average global score also recorded its worst value ever, down from 5.48 in 2018 to 5.44, driven by a sharp regression in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, a lesser one in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and by stagnation in the remaining regions that were covered.The report records how global democracy fared, analysing 165 independent states and two territories.In the Asia and Australasia region, India ranks eighth, behind Taiwan and Timor-Leste.The report talks about the repeal of both Article 370 and Article 35A and how ahead of the move, “the government deployed a large number of troops in J&K, imposed various other security measures and placed local leaders under house arrest, including those with pro-India credentials.”“The government also restricted Internet access in the State,” it notes. Our plans enhance your reading experience. In the 2019 Democracy Index the average global score for democracy fell from 5.48 in 2018 to 5.44 (on a scale of 0-10). It says the NRC exercise in Assam excluded 1.9 million people from the final list, and that “the vast majority of people excluded from the NRC are Muslims.”While the ruling BJP says that most of the people excluded from the list are immigrants from Bangladesh, the government of that country “denies this”, the report adds. A report by The Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index 2019 A year of democratic setbacks and popular protest www.eiu.com. It's calculated by the Economist Intelligence Unit(EIU) on a yearly basis, as a scale from 0 to 10, which Gapminder has converted to a scale form 0 to 100, to make it easier to communicate as a percentage.

... within a year (2018-2019) — the country’s lowest since 2006. The Economist: Democracy continues its disturbing retreat.

The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a UK-based company.It intends to measure the state of democracy in 167 countries, of which 166 are sovereign states and 164 are UN member states.. Driven by sharp regressions in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, four out of the five categories that make up the global average score have deteriorated.

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