India is a country of diversity. It has always been a place for tourists, pilgrims, refugees and many more. From this, you might be thinking that India is a peaceful place to stay in. But, you will be surprised to know that the statistics of India for peace is quite disappointing. Let’s have a look at the facts and figures.
Ranking (World)
Institute for Economics and Peace reported that India is among 20 least peaceful nations. India ranked 143 out of 162 nations consecutively second time. Other major rankers are U.S. at 94th rank. Our close neighbors, specifically SAARC nations also got around India in the rankings. Pakistan got ranked 145. Even Sri Lanka went over India with 133rd rank. Nepal did well at 82nd place. While Bangladesh and Bhutan positioned at 87th and 36th rank.
Ranking (Asia-Pacific)
And if we talk about the Asia Pacific region, then India got 19th rank out of 25 nations. New Zealand has topped the list of peaceful nations in Asia-pacific nations. While estimations rolled down Iran to the position of least peaceful among Asia-Pacific nations. This will probably be because of growing ISIS menace in Iran, which is acquiring more area as the time passes.
Base of Ranking
Well, the point of concern is the factors that govern the peacefulness of a nation. According to the report the world has become slightly less peaceful in the past few years. The involvement in the conflict, internal conflicts, human rights abuse and high rate of deaths are the reason behind the deprecation in peace. India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan are the main countries which fell down in the peace index records.
How to Improve
Proper functioning of government– The proper functioning of government is necessary for the establishment of a peaceful nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the governance to some extent in his 1st year in office. It still needs more emphasize on proper governance.
Respect of Human Rights – According to the sources, the overall measures of human rights has seen improvement. And the death majorly terrorism. Well, India is not that bad in this field, but there is a need to improve it and take it to a next level. Increased violence rate made it more complicated to overcome. U.S also got a decrease in ranking due to Boston bombing and related gun fights that occurred last year.
Least Corruption Rate- Well, corruption has been a headache for India for a long time. The government has made stiff rules and doing best to overcome it, but still it needs more time and management in India to remove it from the root.
Involvement in Education and Freedom of Information– India’s RTI was implemented a decade ago. But is not that famous as it is in the most peaceful countries. And education is also the issue which is yet to be solved in India. The current literacy rate of India is 74% (2011 censes) but need more improvement.
So, if these steps are performed well, then there will not be any doubt that India will be the first preference of stay.
