Modi’s Government is planning to develop its own Democracy index after being downgraded by global rankings

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has approached a major Indian think tank to develop an index to rank its internal democracy that could help it counter recent downgrades in rankings issued by international groups. New Delhi fears it could affect the country’s credit rating.

The Observer Research Foundation (ORF), which works with the Indian government on several initiatives, is developing the rating framework, according to two people closely involved in discussions on the project. The index is expected to improve New Delhi’s narrative more than the Western-based rankings criticized by Modi’s team.

The Indian government, especially Narendra Modi, continues to resort to lies, not only the democratic index but every important national issue is being presented to the world with the help of media propaganda and rhetoric to prove that India was at that time. 

New Delhi (News Agency) Modi’s dictatorial attitude, India ranked 104th in the index of liberal democracy, the Indian government is the leader in religious freedom, crushing political opponents, and harassing protesters. In 2024 Narendra Modi’s government came to power.

 Life has been made difficult for the minorities, especially the Muslims in India. After the extremist BJP came to power in India, which is called a secular country, the Hindutva ideology was promoted, where minorities are not provided with facilities, but they are also deprived of basic rights.

In the previous three years, emails and meetings show that the “Modi administration is increasingly concerned about the challenges’ ‘this statement is included in the report of India prepared by itself.

According to a report from the Sweden-based Varieties Institute of Democracy, the Modi government’s anti-minority policies have caused India to fall in the index of major democracies.

According to the World News Organization, the eye-catching report published by Sweden’s “Varieties of Democracy Institute” exposed the dictatorial face of the self-proclaimed secular state of India.

India’s rank in the Liberal Democracy Index has dropped to 104th out of 179 countries, mainly due to atrocities on minorities and restrictions on freedom of expression.

India’s lowness in this index shows the impact of Hindutva ideology on the Modi government. Since the coming of the Modi government in 2014, minorities, especially Muslims, have been treated as second-class citizens.

The Modi government has been accused of using sedition, defamation, and anti-terrorism laws to crack down on those protesting its Hindutva agenda in the country.

Similarly, journalists critical of the government face intimidation tactics ranging from tax evasion charges to terrorism charges. The report criticized controversial legislation such as the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act of 2019 and constitutional amendments for secularism.

Deprived, so-called democracy, slogans of false secularism and atrocities on minorities have rejected India’s claims of being a democratic country at the global level. According to the report, India has been among the worst dictators in the world in recent years. According to the report, India is at the lowest level in terms of freedom of expression and free and transparent elections.