India’s democratic values have eroded significantly: V­Dem

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He stated that there were constraints on the institutional framework required for a democratic Parliament, free press and judiciary in India..

Data from the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute at Swedens University of Gothenburg show that democratic values have eroded significantly in recent years in India...

In 2022, a citizen is likely to be arrested for posting political content online which is critical of the government as Indias score stood at 1.05 (0: extremely likely; 1: likely; 2: unlikely; 3: extremely unlikely)..

InChart 3,the media bias index in India stood at 2.3 in 2022, on a scale of 0 (highly biased towards the government) to 4 (impartial coverage)..

In the index that measures whether the government directly or indirectly attempts to censor the print or broadcast media, India scored 1.48 where 0 indicates routinely and 4 means rarely..

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