In the integrity index of Transparency International, India stands very low. Discuss briefly the legal, political, economic, social and cultural factors that have caused the decline of public morality in India.
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Protests demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar have gained significant momentum, with trade unions and farm organizations intensifying their agitation against the Election Commission of India. The demonstrations stem from allegations of procedural irregularities during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, specifically claims that significant numbers of voters were deleted without adequate verification. This controversy has brought into sharp focus the broader debates surrounding the neutrality of the Election Commission, the legal framework governing the accountability of constitutional bodies, and the delicate balance between democratic dissent and the preservation of institutional stability.
On September 27, 2026, Ashutosh Ranka and a team from the non-governmental organization Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) were detained by authorities in Guwahati, Assam. The incident occurred while the team was purportedly engaged in a fact-finding mission to assess the ground-level conditions of educational institutions in the state. The detention has reignited a critical discourse regarding the operational independence of civil society organizations, the boundaries of state authority in restricting movement, and the perceived antagonism between administrative narratives of development and independent investigative efforts by NGOs.