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PM-EAC Report on Share of Religious Minorities

Source: The Hindu
GS I:  Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India


Overview

  1. News in Brief
  2. Key Facts in the report
    • Global Scenario
    • India in the Report

Why in the News?

A new analysis by Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (PM-EAC) has shown, suggesting a ‘conducive environment’ for increasing diversity

News in Brief

  • The PM-EAC report titled ‘Share of Religious Minorities: A cross country analysis’ studied data on religious composition of populations for 167 countries.
  • The dipping majority population and rising minority population in India was in line with global trends, also seen in Europe, but stood out among India’s neighbours.
  • The analysis relied on the Religious Characteristics of States Dataset 2017 to track religious composition across countries.
Key Facts in the report

Global Scenario

  • This paper provides a detailed cross-country descriptive analysis of the status of minorities around the world measured in terms of their changing share in a country’s population over 65 years between 1950 and 2015.
  • Analysis countries: 167 countries
  • Majority Religious Denomination
    • The average value for the share of the majority religious denomination in the baseline year of 1950 is 75 per cent.
    • Globally the share of the majority religious denomination has gone down by approximately 22 percent.
  • OECD Countries
    • Data was collected on the religious demographics of 38 OECD countries.
    • 30 of these countries experienced a significant decrease in the proportion of Roman Catholics, the predominant religious group.
    • The decline of the majority religious population was steeper in OECD countries, with an average decline of 29%.
  • South Asian Region
    • The majority religious group is increasing.
    • Data shows a decline in the Minority population.
    • Minority decline scene is seen in countries like Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
Source: EACP

India in the Report 

  • Paper strikingly claimed that for India, while the share in population of Muslims increased by 43.15% in this time period, the share in population of Hindus decreased by 7.82%, adding that in 1950, Hindus’ share in population was 84.68%, coming down to 78.06% in 2015.
  • Similarly, Muslims’ share in population had risen from 9.84% to 14.09%.
  • Christian population rose from 2.24% to 2.36%.
  • Sikh population increased from 1.24% to 1.85%where as the share of the Buddhist population rose from 0.05%to 0.81%.
  • Among the minority population of Jain and Parsi communities, it decreased.

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