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How well is India respecting people's human rights?

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Quality of Life

Economic and Social Rights

(2019)

Summary score

65.1%

How well is India doing compared to what is possible at its level of income?

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% of income adjusted benchmark achieved

HRMI score

100%

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Safety from the State

Civil and Political Rights

(2021)

Summary score

4.6

How well is India's government respecting each right?

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10

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Empowerment

Civil and Political Rights

(2021)

Summary score

4.5

How well is India's government respecting each right?

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10

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Source: HRMI 2022 rightstracker.org

Quality of Life

India scores 65.1% on Quality of Life when scored against the 'Income adjusted' benchmark.

Compared with the other countries in South Asia, India is performing worse than average on Quality of Life rights (this comparison is calculated using the 'Income adjusted' benchmark).

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Safety from the State

India's Safety from the State score of 4.6 out of 10 suggests that many people are not safe from one or more of the following: arbitrary arrest, torture and ill-treatment, forced disappearance, execution or extrajudicial killing.

For the civil and political rights we do not have data for enough countries in South Asia to do a regional comparison. However, compared to the other 40 countries in our sample, India is performing worse than average on the right to be safe from the state.

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Empowerment

India's Empowerment score of 4.5 out of 10 suggests that many people are not enjoying their civil liberties and political freedoms (freedom of speech, assembly and association, and democratic rights).

For the civil and political rights we do not have data for enough countries in South Asia to do a regional comparison. However, compared to the other 38 countries in our sample, India is performing worse than average on empowerment rights.

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