C H A L L E N G E S

What is democracy?

Democracy is form of
government by people
in which the supreme
power is give to people
and exercise directly by
them or by the
representative elected
by them under free and
fair election.
 BOL Amitabh Bachchan (Famous quotes)
Democracy cannot succeed unless
those who express their choice are
prepared to choose wisely. The real
safeguard of democracy, therefore, is
education. -Franklin Roosevelt

In a democracy the poor will have

more power than the rich people
because there are more than of them,
and democracy is always about
majority. - Aristotle
 Bol Bachchan Part-2

The difference between a

democracy and a dictatorship is that
in a democracy you vote first and
take orders later; in a dictatorship
you don't have to waste your time
voting. -Charles Bukowaski

Democracy is being allowed to

vote for the candidate you dislike
least. -Robert Byrne
 What is challenge?
A challenge in literal means
a demanding situation that
requires some kind action.
Challenges to democracy
means problems that comes
while ensuring a democratic
set up in the country. It
discuss the issues that need
to be solved to sustain
democracy in the country.
 Three Major Challenges to democracy
Democracy means rule by the people. It ensures that
every citizen takes part in the decision making process
either directly or indirectly through the elected
representatives. There are three broader challenges to
democracy

Foundational

Democracy

Deepening of Challenge to
Democracy Expansion
 Foundation Challenges
Countries that do not have the
democratic set up face the challenge
of making a transition to the
democratic style of government.
In all over the world one fourth of the
country still not under democratic
government.
They need to lay the foundation in
terms of law and policies that would be
followed under democratic set up.
 Challenge to Expansion:

Countries already having the

democratic set up face the
challenge of expanding it to
various social groups and regions.
Such countries need to ensure
that more social groups, regions
and institutions follow democracy
in their functioning.
This also means that more power
is distributed among the lower
levels of the government
 D e e p e ni n g o f D e m oc r acy
Faced by every democracy
in one form or another.
Every democratic country
needs to strengthen the
institutions that ensures
democracy.
It means strengthening the
institution that help in
peoples participation and
control in the government.
 Democratic challenges in India
India is the largest democracy of the world. In the last six decades it has
worked successfully and achieved a lot in various sphere. Indian
constitution granted Fundamental rights to its citizen. It is very helpful for
to meet the diversity in India. However it has failed very miserably in many
sphere.
1. Social and Economic Inequalities
2. Poverty and Unemployment
3. Illiteracy and Ignorance
4. Casteism
5. Communalism
6. Population Explosion
7. Regionalism
8. Linguism
9. Separatism
10. Corruption
11. terrorism
 How we could reform democracy?
All the challenges of democracy is linked to the
possibility of reforms. Along with the challenges need
to think about overcome the constrains. Generally all
the suggestions or proposals about overcoming
various challenges to democracy are called
democratic Reform or Political Reform.
All the countries do not have the same challenge so
we cant follow same recipe of political reform. In
India we need to develop some proposals for reforms
at the national level. But the real challenge not only
at the national level, some challenges are facing at
state and local level also
 1.To introduce New Laws:

The law has an important role to play in political

reform. It would help to discourage wrong political
practice and encourage good ones.

But legal constitutional changes by themselves

cannot overcome the challenges of democracy.

democratic reforms are to be carried out mainly

political activists, parties, movements and political
conscious citizen
 1. Need to analyze the result of the Law;
Legal changes some times may be led to the
counter productive.

laws that seek to ban something are not very

successful in politics.

However the best laws are those which

empower people to carry out democratic
reforms.

Good example of it is The Right to

Information Act
 3. From Theory to Practical:

Democratic reforms are to be brought about

principally through political practice.

The main focus of political reforms should be

on ways to strengthen democratic practice.

Any proposal for reform should think not only

about what is a good solution but also about
who will implement it and how.

The legislature would pass the law and the

citizens, organization and media needs to be
implement.
 How we can do it?
1. To provide the education to all the citizen:
A literate society is the most important resource for a
country. Education brings qualitative changes in the
people and enables them to use better tools and
knowledge. It would bring awareness of political rights of
a person. Individuals are aware of their political rights and
exercise them.
2. Fundamental Rights: provided by the constitution ensure
that every citizen right are protected and secure. They
cannot be taken away by any government. It would
increase the faith of the people in constitution
3. Freedom of Press: has the freedom to form the public
opinion by giving views and news on the issues facing the
country. It would make awareness to the people what
happening in the society
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