Friday, September 18, 2020

IS OUR FREEDOM GETTING ERODED FAST?


 FREEDOM HOUSE REPORT.2020  

The regular country reports by Freedom House  (a non-profit based in USA) assess the level of political rights and civil liberties in the nations surveyed. 25 indicators are used within seven categories given below: 

-electoral processes, 

-political processes and pluralism, 

-functioning of government, 

-freedom of expression and belief, 

-association and organisational  rights, 

-rule of law, 

-personal autonomy and individual rights. . 

The 2020 report,  has ranked  India at  83rd position along with Timor-Leste and Senegal, among the  195 nations surveyed,  This is near the bottom among the category of  "Free countries." 

The report shows a decline  in freedom in India from last year's position. By sliding down 4 points- from 75 to 71- India has become one of the world’s least free democracies,  among the world’s 25 largest democracies.

The Score for Political Rights is 34/40 and  37/60 for civil liberties. (Total 71/100).The report  has warned about “the Indian government’s alarming departures from democratic norms" under the present regime.

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