DEMOCRACY IN
INDIA
Democracy is a type of government in which
the people choose their rulers by voting them in elections. In this, people can
participate directly or indirectly through their representatives. Democracy is
a government of the people, by the people and for the people. So in democracy
people are the power and its success and failure depend on them. India is the
largest democratic country in the world.
Such governments can be either unitary or federal. India has
a federal type of government. In democracy all are equal before the law.
Democracy gives personal freedom to every citizen and stands against any
suppression of thought or speech. It aims at the welfare of the common people. It
enhances the dignity of individual and improves the quality of decision making.
Every form of government, whether democratic or dictatorship,
has both advantages and disadvantages. It is seen that the representative is
often a power-loving person. Due to lack of educated voters, they vote the powerful
people who use them for their profit.
Democratic government do not take quick decisions. But there is one respect in
which it is certainly better than its alternatives: Democratic government is
legitimate government. It may be slow and less efficient but it is people’s own
government.
There is no fixed definition of a good democracy. A good democracy
is what we think it is and what we wish to make it. For democracy to survive in
vast country like India, it is necessary that all citizens stand united and play
their respective roles towards the progress of the nation.
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