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Most Indians endorse autocracy, military rule
India has the highest number of people (67%) who support autocracy among the countries examined by Pew. According to the survey, 72% of Indians support the idea of military rule.
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Majority of Surveyed Indians support Autocracy as opposed to the other nations / (Image - Unsplash)
A recent Pew survey, found that majority of Indians are in favor of autocracy and military control rather than a democratic form of governance.
The survey titled, "Representative Democracy Remains A Popular Ideal, but People Around the World Are Critical of How It's Working" asked respondents from 24 countries for their opinion on several forms of government, such as autocracy, technocracy, military rule, representative democracy, and direct democracy.
The findings indicate that 67 percent of Indians who were surveyed expressed support for autocracy, a system of government in which absolute power is held by one person. Notably, the support from Indians for the authoritative form was the highest level among the surveyed nations.
Respondents were asked to imagine a system in which an independent judiciary and representative body do not interfere with the decisions made by a strong leader. The same question drew the support of 55 percent Indians in 2017.
In comparison, 52 percent of Kenyans and 51 percent of Indonesians embraced authoritarianism while majority of the countries polled, including the US (26 percent), Canada (19 percent), and the UK (13 percent), expressed a general aversion to autocracy.
Additionally, 72 percent of Indians support military rule, the greatest percentage of any country. The majority opinion in more than half of the countries polled was that military rule would be a awful way to govern.
According to the survey, those with lesser earnings are more receptive to the notion of an unbridled powerful leader. Furthermore, compared to individuals with higher levels of education, those with lower levels of education are more likely to see autocracy favorably.
In India, 68 percent of respondents felt their country's policies would improve if more elected leaders were women. This proportion is the highest among the countries examined, closely followed by Brazil and Nigeria, both at 62%.
In September 2023, New Delhi implemented a gender quota to ensure that women hold one-third of the seats in parliament. The Lok Sabha passed the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023, which seeks 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies.
Most opposition parties supported the Bill in principle, but they questioned the legislation's delimitation clause, which would prevent it from being implemented before 2029.
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