V Dem says autocratisation “typically follows a similar pattern across very different contexts”. Several G20 nations such as Brazil, India, Turkey, and the United States of America are part of this drift,” V Dem said. “This reflects an accelerating wave of autocratisation engulfing 25 nations that hold 1/3 of the world’s population – 2.6 billion people. This year’s report, therefore, is titled ‘Autocratization Turns Viral’. India is among the countries leading the ‘third wave of autocratisation’, V Dem said, noting that 68% of the world’s population now lives under autocratic regimes. This year, it is ranked 97th, falling into the bottom 50%.Ī demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against the arrest of 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi, outside the police headquarters in New Delhi, India, February 16, 2021. In last year’s report, India was last among the 90 countries in the top 50%. With this slide, India has moved from the top 50% of the 180 countries analysed by V Dem to the bottom 50%. “But with more and better data this year, India is classified with a higher degree of certainty as an electoral autocracy from 2019,” it said. It said that the classification of India was ‘highly uncertain’ last year because the underlying data was not clear. This year’s report – based on data from 2020 – has confirmed that suspicion, with V Dem retrospectively classifying India as an ‘electoral autocracy’ from 2019. In last year’s report, it had observed that India was on the verge of losing its status as a democracy. The V-Dem Institute, an independent research institute based at the University of Gothenburg, has published data-heavy worldwide democracy reports since 2017. New Delhi: A Sweden-based institute has said that India is no longer an ‘electoral democracy’, classifying the country as an ‘electoral autocracy’ instead, noting that much of the decline in democratic freedoms occurred after the BJP and Narendra Modi’s victory in 2014.
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