India is the mother of democracy, and its guiding philosophy is ‘‘striving together for inclusive growth”, as it is based on the belief that the needs and aspirations of every human being is ...

It said India had suffered a 23-percentage point drop on the 0-to-1 Liberal Democracy Index scale and had registered “one of the most dramatic shifts” across countries in the past 10 years.

While addressing a joint meeting of Congress on Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his country is “the mother of democracy,” comments that stood in contrast to his critics ...