Fixing India's global image

In the last one year, India has slipped on more than a dozen global indices leading the government to look for ways to improve its international rankings

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Human Development Index | India human rights | Crimes against women

Bharat Bhushan 

Bharat Bhushan

International criticism of India as a ‘flawed democracy’ and its secular slide on several other global indices has clearly cut to the bone leading the government to look for ways to improve its international rankings. The Union Law Ministry has reportedly been charged with moving India up the Democracy Index.

The Union Home Ministry has been asked to monitor the parameters for Global Terrorism Index, Global Peace Index, Safe Cities Index and the Global Climate Risk Index. Similarly, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has been assigned the Global Gender Gap Index, ...

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First Published: Mon, April 19 2021. 10:12 IST
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