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India drops 10 places in Democracy Index in 'tumultuous year' for Asia -Rezaul H Laskar

-Hindustan Times

The Democracy Index referred to the changes in Jammu and Kashmir and the controversial implementation of the (NRC) in Assam.

India dropped 10 places in the Democracy Index’s global ranking to 51st place, with the survey describing the erosion of civil liberties in the country as the primary cause of the democratic regression.

The Democracy Index - prepared by Economist Intelligence Unit, the research and analysis division of The Economist Group - provides a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide in 165 independent states and two territories.

It is based on electoral process and pluralism, functioning of government, political participation, political culture and civil liberties.

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