India has slipped 10 places in the annual 'Democracy Index' of renowned international magazine Economist.

Britain's well-known publishing group 'The Economist Group' releases a 'Democracy Index' every year with the help of its research department 'The Intelligence Unit'.

On Wednesday, this unit released its latest report on 165 countries, according to which India has slipped ten places.

India is ranked 51st in the index for 2019. India was ranked 41st in the previous year.

The report said that the overall score of the world's largest democracy, India, in the Democracy Index, has recorded a big drop.

On a scale of zero to 10, India's score fell from 7.23 in 2018 to 6.90 in 2019 and the primary reason for this was to cut civil liberties in the country.

If you compare the score of 2019 with previous years, it is the lowest score since the ranking started in 2006.

This report also cited the reasons for India's ranking falling and the score falling.

The report noted that India's scores fell due to the removal of Article 370 from Indian-administered Kashmir, the commencement of work on the NRC in Assam and then increased dissatisfaction among citizens due to the disputed citizenship law, the CAA.

In this report, while India has got good numbers in terms of 'political participation', many numbers have also been cut due to the country's current 'political clutch'.

The Intelligence Unit says that they assess the scores of all countries based on the electoral process, pluralism, civil liberties and functioning of the government.

The latest report said that 'the year 2019 was the worst for democracy. The global decline was mainly observed in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and the West Asia region. Most Asian countries 'rankings have seen a drop in 2019'.

Norway remains on top in the new report. The US ranks 25th, Australia 9th, Japan 24th, Israel 28th and Britain 14th in this report.

If we talk about India's neighbors, China is at 153rd, Pakistan 108th, Nepal 92nd, Bangladesh 80th and Sri Lanka 69th.

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