V-dem’s democracy index rates India at its lowest since 1975
The UN CERD’s concerns about the exclusion of a large number of voters is in line with the V-Dem Institute’s data on India’s democratic backslide
The University of Gothenburg-based Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute has released its latest democracy index, which has rated India at its lowest score since 1975. This assessment comes in the wake of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination's (CERD) first review of India since 2007, during which the committee expressed "grave concern" over reports of large-scale violations perpetrated by law enforcement officials.
The CERD's observations also highlighted the exclusion of a significant number of voters, particularly Muslims, from the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The V-Dem Institute's report underscores these concerns, employing a multidimensional approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy.
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