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&lt;em&gt;A recent Democracy Index confirms the paradox of India being the world&amp;rsquo;s largest electoral wonder, but an increasingly flawed democracy. &lt;br /&gt;
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The Economist Intelligence Unit recently published its 11th report on the &amp;ldquo;State of Democracy in the World in 2018&amp;rdquo; titled &amp;ldquo;Me Too? Political participation, protest and democracy&amp;rdquo;. The EIU has over seven decades of experience in studying the spectrum of democracies in the world. The index made news last year when India had slipped 10 straight positions, from 32 to 42, ranking below Latvia and South Africa.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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                <div align="justify">-The Indian Express<br /><br /><em>A recent Democracy Index confirms the paradox of India being the world&rsquo;s largest electoral wonder, but an increasingly flawed democracy. <br /></em><br />The Economist Intelligence Unit recently published its 11th report on the &ldquo;State of Democracy in the World in 2018&rdquo; titled &ldquo;Me Too? Political participation, protest and democracy&rdquo;. The EIU has over seven decades of experience in studying the spectrum of democracies in the world. The index made news last year when India had slipped 10 straight positions, from 32 to 42, ranking below Latvia and South Africa.<br /><br />The survey ranks 165 independent countries based on five parameters &mdash; namely, electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, functioning of the government, political participation and political culture. Based on a comprehensive survey containing 60 questions under five categories, the index classifies countries into four types &mdash; Full Democracies, Flawed Democracies, Hybrid Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes.<br /><br />The countries range from Norway, scoring an almost perfect 9.87 out of 10, to North Korea at 167, scoring an abysmal 1.08 out of 10. Only 20 countries (4.5 per cent of the world population) are full democracies, down from around 11 per cent at the start of this decade. Most of the shift has taken place into flawed democracies, which constitute the largest group with 43 per cent of the world&rsquo;s population. A third of the world lives under authoritarian governments, the majority being in China.<br /><br />Nordic democracies continue to top the rankings year after year, with high political participation, robust welfare state and progressive workers&rsquo; rights and environmental standards. The top five are Norway, Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand and Denmark, while the bottom five are generally war-ravaged nations with highly authoritarian regimes, namely Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria and North Korea.<br /><br />Please <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/democracy-index-economist-intelligence-unit-slipping-on-democracy-5600569/" title="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/democracy-index-economist-intelligence-unit-slipping-on-democracy-5600569/">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>               </font>
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-The Indian Express<br />
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<em>A recent Democracy Index confirms the paradox of India being the world&rsquo;s largest electoral wonder, but an increasingly flawed democracy. <br />
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The Economist Intelligence Unit recently published its 11th report on the &ldquo;State of Democracy in the World in 2018&rdquo; titled &ldquo;Me Too? Political participation, protest and democracy&rdquo;. The EIU has over seven decades of experience in studying the spectrum of democracies in the world. The index made news last year when India had slipped 10 straight positions, from 32 to 42, ranking below Latvia and South Africa.<br />
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Slipping on democracy -SY Quraishi

-The Indian Express A recent Democracy Index confirms the paradox of India being the world’s largest electoral wonder, but an increasingly flawed democracy. The Economist Intelligence Unit recently published its 11th report on the “State of Democracy in the World in 2018” titled “Me Too? Political participation, protest and democracy”. The EIU has over seven decades of experience in studying the spectrum of democracies in the world. The index made news last year when India had slipped 10 straight positions, from 32 to 42, ranking below Latvia and South Africa. The survey ranks 165 independent countries based on five parameters — namely, electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, functioning of the government, political participation and political culture. Based on a comprehensive survey containing 60 questions under five categories, the index classifies countries into four types — Full Democracies, Flawed Democracies, Hybrid Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes. The countries range from Norway, scoring an almost perfect 9.87 out of 10, to North Korea at 167, scoring an abysmal 1.08 out of 10. Only 20 countries (4.5 per cent of the world population) are full democracies, down from around 11 per cent at the start of this decade. Most of the shift has taken place into flawed democracies, which constitute the largest group with 43 per cent of the world’s population. A third of the world lives under authoritarian governments, the majority being in China. Nordic democracies continue to top the rankings year after year, with high political participation, robust welfare state and progressive workers’ rights and environmental standards. The top five are Norway, Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand and Denmark, while the bottom five are generally war-ravaged nations with highly authoritarian regimes, namely Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria and North Korea. Please click here to read more.