Sidhartha Shuklamoneycontrol.comIt took 200 years to overthrow an imperialist regime and India has come a long way since August 15, 1947 in terms of social and economic growth.
The nation prepares to celebrate its 70th Independence Day, commemorating the sacrifices of our freedom fighters and the prosperity India has achieved over the last 69 years of Independence, but many milestones are yet to be reached as the pursuit for freedom and liberty is a never ending one.
As per Freedom House, in a world with wavering democracy and where freedom is under threat, India is categorized as a free country with an overall score of 77 (0=worst, 100=best) and on a scale of 1-7 (1=most free, 7 =least free) political rights scored 2 points, civil liberties got 3 and overall freedom rating of 2.5.
In the same report, developed nations like Finland, Norway, Sweden scored a perfect 100.Global freedom scenario:
The 2016 index of Economic freedom on the 'The Heritage Foundation' site gave India an economic freedom score of 56.2 (up 1.6 points from 2015) which gives the nation a global ranking of 123 and puts it in the 25th spot in the Asia-Pacific region.
India scored 41 (0=best, 100=worst) on press freedom and was classified as 'partly free' for the denizens of journalism.
“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high”- an excerpt from Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali envisioned India to be a heaven for expressive freedom.
Not just India, press freedom has declined globally to its lowest point in the last 12 years in 2015, as per Freedom House and this fall is majorly due to the rise in terrorist forces, and political-criminal powers trying to silence the media in a broader struggle for power. FREEDOM OF NET
Many reforms have been passed in terms of regulatory framework for ease of digital access and declining detention for online speech but the increased website blocking and intimidation of internet users has hampered the improving internet freedom.
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