Discuss how democracy and development are co-related to each other

Towards Understanding of Democracy: Democracy has been defined government, of the people, by the people and for the people. As in indirect democracy governments are formed on the basis of votes, so will of majority prevails.

All over the world in democratic countries will of majority prevails and persons belonging to majority religion or sect or caste, creed or sex rule, but India is only country where safeguards, concessions and privileges have been provided to minorities, to weaker sections, to fair sex etc. and they rule and occupy highest offices as such India can be considered as a form of good governance that empowers the way of arriving at decisions among a group of individuals.

India lacks that virtue as corruption and inefficiency is rampant everywhere in every sphere of life and it also lacks unanimity, party in power uses all state machinery to curb opposition and topples opposition government of states by hook or crook and so riots, agitations, demonstrations and violence even in elected bodies is common.

Thus need of hour is that democracy should be understood in which both party in power and opposition should follow democratic norms and should act for welfare of all citizens.

DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT

Now this is an era of globalization, which means an upsurge of market economy with political democracy. 

India has made astonishing progress in this sphere and according to Indian ruling class and Indian newspapers it may become richest and most powerful country in near future leaving behind U.S.A. and China etc., in economic development.

India has achieved democracy and development in the post-colonial period and her economy is next to U.S.A and China.

As it is developing more rapidly than U.S.A. and China, so it may become richest country of the world.

It is believed that democracy is a form of good governance as in case of bad governance people exercise their power to change the government.

It is true for democratic countries like U.S.A., England, Canada and other countries but it is not true about India where votes are acquired through money, muscle and by dubious means and by booth capturing and on the basis of religion, caste and ethnicity etc.

Corruption, favouritism and nepotism etc., are prevailing, so people lack electricity and even water etc., corruption is prevailing even in judiciary, so 3 crore cases are pending.

Due to delay in cases, people are taking law in their own hands and terrorism is rising. As such democracy is a form of good governance and development where persons in power work for welfare of masses and for development of country.

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