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Identify the challenges to democracy in the following descriptions.
Also suggest policy / institutional mechanism to deepen democracy in the given situations:
(a) Following a High Court directive a temple in Orissa that had separate entry door for dalits and non-dalits allowed entry for all from the same door.
(b) A large number of farmers are committing suicide in different states of India.
(c) Following allegation of killing of three civilians in Gandwara in a fake encounter by Jammu and Kashmir police, an enquiry has been ordered.


(a) Democracy enhances the dignity of individual.
Suggestion: It is discrimination on the basis of social hierarchy. Anti-untouchability laws should be implemented strictly.

(b) There is a challenge of poverty.
Suggestion: Farmers' associations, sectional pressure groups and local MLAs and MPs should put pressure on government to run agricultural insurance and credit policy.

(c) It is a challenge to expansion of democracy.
Suggestion : Government should amend in laws conferring right to encounter operations with law enforcing agency.

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How does a democracy produce an accountable, responsive and legitimate government?

What are the conditions under which democracies accommodate social diversities?


Give arguments to support or oppose the following assertions:
(a) Industrialised countries can afford democracy but the poor need dictatorship to become rich.
(b) Democracy can't reduce inequality of incomes between different citizens.
(c) Government in poor countries should spend less on poverty reduction, food, clothing, health, education and spend more on industries and infrastructure.
(d) In democracy all citizens have one vote, which means that there is absence of any domination and conflict.

In the context of democracies which of the following ideas is correct— Democracies have successfully eliminated:
(A) conflicts among people.
(B) economic inequalities among people.
(C) differences of opinion about how marginalised sections are to be treated.
(D) the idea of political inequality.

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