Democracy is Hampering India's Progress

India is the fastest developing nation growing at around 7-7.5%.

China has thus far been the fastest developing nation growing at a rate greater than 10% since 1990s.

GST Bill, which is a landmark bill, has stayed in the Rajya Sabha for two complete sessions as Congress, which is the majority in Rajya Sabha, is not willing to discuss the bill in the upper house.

Lack of Education in rural India has led to the election of inefficient politicians to the government which has hampered India's progress.

Growth in China due to Communism has not been very sustainable as they have started to slow down recently.

According to me, yes. Democracy is hampering india's progress as many people remain uneducated and often choose leaders who offer them some liquor, money etc. Which is harmful for the country's development. The corrupt and uneducated political leaders choose criminals to threaten the people and get votes.

This is a main cause why our country is never able to develop itself. It is because of these type of political leaders our country is counted amongst some of the poorer countries. The illiterate just don't know which leaders are right for the country which hampers our country's progress.

Hi. Friends.

Well honestly speaking it's really hard to decide whether Democracy is hampering or not. Person from democratic country may talk in favor of topic while person from autocratic country will not. Its just difference in opinion because of the experiences that he/she went through.

Looking overall situation one can say yes up to certain extent it is hampering and already have given the birth to the monsters like corruption, politics, population and other related problems in India, but counter view can be it is there in country like China to who got the highest GDP in the world.

Well democracy is not just of the people, it is by the people also. So being the citizens of this country, we all have our roles to play for the development of this country. We all know our rights and we protest for that but no one knows his/her fundamental duties. The system is made by us and to make it ideal one, only we have to correct it. The judicial system of the country needs to be strengthened. There should be strict laws against criminals. Cases must not hang for years and fast track judgement system should be introduced. That will surely curb corruption and crimes in India.

No its wrong to say that democracy is hampering the progress of Indian but the way people respond towards democracy is hampering the progress of India. Like people choose the leaders related to their caste, or by having some own their benefits. So mentality of such selfish like feeling is actually hampering the progress of India.

So the solution is to provide education, spreading awareness among people regarding voting. So that they will get to know the value of their vote. And the value of vote we can best learn from the corrupted leaders, that how they know the value of each vote.

Yes of course democracy is not that good for economical development of our country because long term objectives can't be fulfilled due to fear of loosing next election so minister focus on such objectives which can be fulfilled in 3-4 years and could help them in winning next elections, TRANSFER PAYMENTS are also a huge threat in economic development of India like distribution of cycles, laptops etc. In such distribution no production activity is involved but politicians have to do this for their vote bank purpose and last thing decision making is slow process in democracy.

I don't think that India democracy is hampering the India's progress. Because we all want to have a right to say our point of view. We live what we want and it does when we belong in the democratic country. Yes, I agree that many of people in India are take this in a wrong way but still there are some people who spend their life with honestly. And we have a right to do against the poor people whose harm our society but first of all we correct ourselves because most of the do many things which are not right. So it is not correct that we blame our democracy system.

We are making democracy to hamper the progress of India. First of all voters should know the value of their vote by not taking money, liquor etc, and those who are elected as representatives should feel the responsibility on their shoulders.

Politicians are targeting uneducated people who can be easily attracted to money. To avoid this situation literacy percentage has to improve, only education give you the knowledge to vote for right candidate and poling percentage has to be above 95% which gives best candidate election as our representative.

Democracy in some way is good but when it is not properly understood by people of India then it is very dangerous. Uneducated people, politician strategies, corruption has destroyed the importance of democracy. Conflict of interest of different People coming from different culture and perception are unable to elect the right candidate. And due to all these factor we are never getting political stability in our country. Elected party always have different ideology than the previous party without concerning what is good for citizens.

Democracy is for the people, of the people and by the people, and democracy is not hampering us cause the free flow of information is vital to democracy I think that the internet does in fact encourage democracy, because the free flow of information helps people communicate, organize and disseminate a wide range of information. The internet, primarily social media websites, were instrumental in recent pushes around the world to overthrow oppressive governments in favor of democracies, such as in Syria and Egypt.