50% Say Freedom of Speech Curtailed
December 06, 2017, Mumbai: Inshorts – Ipsos Pulse of the Nation survey conducted last week shows that there is concern that we are turning into an intolerant society – at least 55% have endorsed this view, while 36% have a contrary view and disagree and 9% said they were undecided.
Likewise, the internet users polled said that they feel gagged and have no freedom of speech – views were though polarized with 50% complaining about lack of freedom of speech, 42% disagreeing and 8% being undecided.
Parijat Chakraborty, Executive Director, Ipsos Public Affairs said, “These are worrying signs for a democracy. More so when India has always prided itself in its unity in diversity, tolerance and freedom. We live in turbulent times. And people have low threshold of patience.”
The survey polled over 1.5 lac Inshorts app users and captured views on some macro issues facing the nation today.
Azhar Iqubal, CEO, Inshorts said, “About 1.5 lac Inshorts app users participated in the survey making it one of the largest surveys conducted on an app in a week. Further, it was interesting to see how they perceived some of the key issues unfolding before the nation.”
GST Implementation
Was the GST (Goods and Services Tax) implementation a success?
The poll shows about 54% agreeing, 28% disagreeing and 18% being undecided.
“It’s a mixed bag. GST was a bold step but came with its share of disruption,” said Chakraborty
Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh State Polls
More number of internet users rooted for the BJP vis-à-vis the INC.
But how the parties will stack up will be decided by the electorate of the two states.
Padmavati Controversy
47 per cent said that public outcry for Padmavati could’ve been avoided had Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali kept the Royal Family involved, during the scripting and filming of the period magna opus (Padmavati). 31 per cent seemed to disagree that involving the royals would’ve avoided public protests, while 22 per cent were undecided.
About Inshorts
Inshorts is India’s highest-rated news app, with more than 8 million downloads on Android and iOS. The app curates the most significant news items of the day, across categories like national, world, politics, business, sports, technology and entertainment, in just 60 words with a link to read the stories that interest them, in detail.
This enterprise was set up by a team of IITians, Azhar Iqubal & Anunay Arunav of IIT Delhi and Deepit Purkayastha of IIT Kharagpur in 2013. Their entrepreneurial journey began from TLabs incubator in 2013 which was followed by a seed round from Times Internet and a group of angel investors including the founders of Flipkart. In 2015, Inshorts raised a Series A round from Tiger Global and Rebright Partners, landing its Series B within 4 months, from Tiger Global.
Inshorts also continues to be India’s highest-rated news app on Android since January 2014 with a rating of 4.6, and in 2015 was included by Google India in its list of 50 best Android apps from India. By mid-2016, Inshorts garnered more than 8 million downloads on Android and iOS and is serving more than One billion page views every month since.
To know more, please visit: www.inshorts.com/
About Ipsos
Ipsos ranks third in the global research industry. With a strong presence in 87 countries, Ipsos employs more than 16,000 people and has the ability to conduct research programs in more than 100 countries. Founded in France in 1975, Ipsos is controlled and managed by research professionals. They have built a solid Group around a multi-specialist positioning – Media and advertising research; Marketing research; Client and employee relationship management; Opinion & social research; Mobile, Online, Offline data collection and delivery – Ipsos has been listed on the Paris Stock Exchange since 1999.