shine india monthly magazine

shine india monthly magazine

shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 17   While Sweden topped the LDI index other Scandinavian countries such as Denmark and Norway along with Costa Rica and New Zealand make up the top five in liberal democracy rankings. Indias performance  It classifies India as an electoral autocracy ranking it 93rd on the LDI out of 179 countries.  India is one of the top ten autocratisers in the world says the report.  India is part of a broader global trend of an antiplural political party driving a countrys Autocratisation.  Ranked 93rd in the LDI India figures in the bottom 50% of countries.  It has slipped further down in the Electoral Democracy Index to 100 and even lower in the Deliberative Component Index at 102.  In South Asia India is ranked below Sri Lanka (88) Nepal (71) and Bhutan (65) and above Pakistan (117) in the LDI. Reasons behind the overall situation One of the biggest drivers of autocratisation is toxic polarisation It is a dominant trend in 40 countries as opposed to 5 countries that showed rising polarisation in 2011.  Autocratisation is defined as a phenomenon that erodes respect of counterarguments and associated aspects of the deliberative component of democracy. Misinformation as a policy tool The report identified misinformation as a key tool deployed by autocratising governments to sharpen polarisation and shape domestic and international opinion. Repression of civil society and censorship of media These were other favored tools of autocratising regimes. Rise of political hate speeches has also impacted the situation. 8. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) shine india monthly magazine buy.

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