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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