According to a survey conducted in December 2019, a majority of respondents from India believed that the recent government policies such as the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed all-India National Register of Citizens were attempts made by the Narendra Modi government to divert attention from serious economic issues like unemployment and price rise. On the contrary, only about 32 percent of the respondents believed that this was not true.
Opinion on CAA and NRC as means to divert attention from serious economic issues in India as of December 2019
across 19 states, 67 percent rural and 33 percent urban respondents
Method of interview
Face-to-face interview
Supplementary notes
Original survey question: "Do you think recent NDA government policies such as the CAA and NRC are attempts to divert attention from serious economic issues like unemployment and price rise?".
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