The âdifficulty factorâ reports like Freedom House miss before ranking democracies
The âdifficulty factorâ reports like Freedom House miss before ranking democracies
The top ten democracies of the world put together have 8.5 per cent of Indiaâs population. Decidedly, they do not have too many people.
Ramanath Jha 9 April, 2021 12:39 pm IST Text Size:
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Freedom House, a US government-funded non-profit, non-governmental organisation publishes an annual report on democracy, political freedom, and human rights titled
Freedom in the World. In the 2021 Report, of a total of 195 countries, 82 were found free, 59 partly free, and 54 not free. Indiaâs status as a democracy was downgraded from âFreeâ to âPartly Free,â primarily on account of alleged ârising violence and discriminatory policiesâ and âa crackdown on expressions of dissent.â This brought a sharp repartee f
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented stress on India’s urban public health infrastructure, underscoring the need for urban planning to account for increased demand for health amenities during crises. This paper evaluates the city of Mumbai’s 1991 and 2034 development plans and finds inherent infrastructural inadequacies. It calls on urban-policymakers to complement development plans with robust dynamic health strategies that consider technological advances and epidemiological changes. Public-private partnerships should be encouraged to overcome the challenges of funding and technology adoption in health planning.
Attribution: Sayli Udas-Mankikar, “Health Infrastructure Planning Amid COVID-19: The Case of Mumbai,”
ORF Issue Brief No. 435, January 2021, Observer Research Foundation.