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For class 9th IT`S ALL ABOUT BASICS

Lecture- 03
What is Democracy?
Why Democracy?
Hand Written Notes

Shigraf Ma’am
o1 Arguments against Democracy.

o2 Arguments in favor of Democracy.

o3 Democracy in Broader sense.

 Arguments against democracy

 In democracy, frequent changes in leadership leads to

instability and may also affect the governments efficiency
 Democracy is all about political competition and power
play. There is no place for morality.
 Involvement of many people delays the decision making.
 Sometimes elected leaders do not know the best interest of
the people which leads to bad decisions.
 Being based on electoral competition, democracy leads to
corruption.
 Ordinary people do not know what is good for them. They
can make mistakes in decision making.
Democracy: Only a form of government.

 Democracy is not a magical solution for all the problems.

 It is a form of government only and ensures that people take
their own decisions.
 It is not a guarantee that their decisions will be good. People
can make mistakes.
Is democracy better than other forms of government?

 Responding to the needs of the people i.e. more accountable

form of government.
 Example of china’s famine of 1958-61 china’s government
was not so accountable to the people. They did not respond
to the needs of the people.
 Democracy improves the quality of decision making –
Democracy based on consultations and discussions
which reduces the chances of rash or irresponsible
decisions.
 Democracy provides a method to deal with differences and
conflicts resulted from various diversities different religions,
different languages, different regions, different castes, foods,
dress, culture etc.
 In democracy, no one is permanent winner and no one is a
permanent loser. Therefore, people can live together in a
country like India.
What democracy does to the citizens?

 Enhances the dignity of citizens.

 Democracy is based on the principle of political equality.
 People are not subjects of a ruler, they are the ruler
themselves.
 Poorest and the least educated has the same status as the
rich and the educated people.
 Allows us to correct its own mistakes.
 Either the rulers have to change their decisions, or the ruler
themselves can be changed.
Broader meaning of democracy

 Representative democracy – It is practically impossible

for the people to sit together and take a collective
decision.
 No time, no desire, no skill to take part in all the
decisions.
 PW Maharathi
Because Practice makes a Maharathi!!!

You have a TEST on (14/08/2022)!!

Rewards for Students who attempt all the tests regularly on Sunday/ Monday!
- Top 3 Students in each month will receive a Gift Voucher worth Rs 500.
- Top 20 Students in each month will receive a Gift Voucher worth Rs 200.
- Lucky 20 students in each month will be selected on a random basis who will receive a Gift Voucher worth Rs
100 for attending regular tests.
- All the students attempting regular tests will be eligible for Live Teacher Interaction-Paramarsh(2.0)

MEGA MAHARATHI
- Top 5 Students will receive a Gift Voucher worth Rs 1000
- Lucky 100 In Sept 2022 and Dec 2022 will be given a Gift Voucher worth Rs 500 under MEGA MAHARATHI.

** Eligibility and Rules are covered in the next slide.

DO’s AND DON'Ts TO BECOME A PW MAHARATHI:-

1). You have to attempt all the test occurring between the last Maharathi and till the next one to be eligible for
Maharathi at all.

2). Maharathi will be announced only in the batch for the month if more than one test has occurred in that last month.
For eg- If only one test occurred in June then that test would be considered in July’s Month Maharathi Results.

3). The combined performance of all the tests would ensure your selection in the toppers prizes.

4). The selection of Lucky students will be done using our Random Selection Algorithm and not on the basis of
marks, names and past maharathi results, you just have to be eligible by attempting all tests and yes, if you have been
selected once it can happen again :D

5). You are eligible in MEGA MAHARATHI if you have given more than 5 Tests out of the 6 Tests occuring in each of
those halves of the sessional year (i.e May-Sept and Oct-Dec) and not on marks or any other factor.

6). All the tests need to be attempted on Day of test (Sunday) or the next day (Monday).

7). You will have to attempt all tests genuinely and completely to be eligible for any scheme. We will use our Fraud
check algorithms before identifying the award winners.
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