India’s democracy score declined significantly in recent years: EIUs 2021 Democracy Index
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The Indian governments failure to crack down on the persecution of religious and other minorities by Hindu nationalists continues to weigh on the countrys democracy score, which has declined significantly in recent years, as per the EIUs 2021 Democracy Index. In India, which registered a small improvement in its score, year-long protests by farmers eventually forced the government to repeal the farm laws that it had introduced in 2020.