India’s democratic values have eroded significantly

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Functioning of Indian Democracy   Source: TH Context: The question of whether or not India’s democratic values have declined in recent years has been debated at the University of Cambridge.   Data on democratic values in India: By the Sweden-based V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute – The deliberative democracy index: It …

India, democracy and the promised republic

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors Source: The Hindu Context: India will soon celebrate its 75th anniversary. The article evaluates how successful Indian democracy has been till now. Direction: Just go through the article. No need to make notes. How India should be judged on its 75th anniversary? …

Democracy Report 2022:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International Institutions.   Context: The latest edition of Democracy Report was released recently by the V-Dem Institute at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg. The study was titled ‘Democracy Report 2022: Autocratisation Changing Nature?’   About the report: The report classifies countries into four regime types based on their score in …

Insights into Editorial: Dialogues for democracy, lessons from Rajasthan

  Introduction: Ancient India had democratic republic even before 6th century BCE and India has seen democratic rule through ages. Vaishali (in present day Bihar) is considered one of the first republics around 6th century BCE. Republics at that time were called ‘Mahajanpadas’ and Sabhas and Samitis (assemblies) existed. Panchayat systems were also used in …

The Election Commission and Its Challenges

Saurabh Goyal A Democracy thrives on the integrity, competency and neutrality of its public institutions. Election commission (EC) is arguably single most important institution in a democracy. It is so critical for a democracy that quality of this institution is a baseline to evaluate the overall veracity of representative institutions.EC is constitutionally entrusted to work …

Insights Daily Answer Writing Challenge Day – 75!!!

QUESTIONS: DAY – 75 [Topics:  the development industry; Parliament –functioning;  challenges of corruption(Paper-V)] What are the preconditions for the growth of Civil Society? Is Indian democracy conducive to it? (250 Words) Identify the major obstacles in the smooth functioning of Parliamentary democracy in India.(250 Words) Suggest concrete measures for the eradication of wide spread corruption in public …