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“Index: The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index9
Monitors: Civil liberties, pluralism, political culture and
participation, electoral process
Method: Global ranking
India 2014 ranking: 27
India 2020 ranking: 53
Result: India fell 26 places.
Reasons cited: Classifying India as a ‘flawed democracy�, the
report says ‘democratic norms have been under pressure since
2015. India’s score fell from a peak of 7.92 in 2014 to 6.61 in 2020�.
This was the ‘result of democratic backsliding under the leadership
of Narendra Modi� and the ‘increasing influence of religion under
Modi, whose policies have fomented anti-Muslim feeling and
religious strife, has damaged the political fabric of the country�. Modi
had ‘introduced a religious element to the conceptualisation of Indian
citizenship, a step that many critics see as undermining the secular
basis of the Indian state�. In 2019, India was ranked 51st in the
Democracy Index, when the report said, ‘The primary cause of the
democratic regression was an erosion of civil liberties in the country.�
It fell two places again in 2020. ‘By contrast,� The Economist
Intelligence Unit noted, ‘the scores for some of India’s regional
neighbours, such as Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan, improved
marginally.”