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, Global Inequality Index and Global Hunger Index,
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