India trusts this most and leats that: Survey (This & That)

New Delhi, July 13: According to a 2018 study, the army enjoys the highest level of "effective trust", followed by the Supreme Court (SC) and the high courts (HC). Strangely, political parties were at the bottom of that list.

The study by Azim Premji University (APU) and Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), which was conducted in 22 Assembly constituencies with 16,680 respondents, found out that the political parties scored an average "effective trust" of -1.75 per cent, while the government officials could only gain the trust of 4.8 per cent people.

Indian Army enjoys the highest level of "effective trust" with more than 77 percent respondents putting their faith in them; the Supreme Court and the High Court rank claim the next two spots with 54.8 percent and 48 percent of average "effective trust" respectively.

The study defines the metric "effective trust" as the difference between the percentage of respondents who opted for a "great deal of trust" at one end of the scale and "no trust at all" at the other.

The elected offices and institutions— the President, Prime Minister, Chief Minister, Parliament, Vidhan Sabha (state legislature) and panchayat/municipal corporation (MC)—enjoy an "effective trust" of 40 percent, the report finds

As per the report, Maharashtra showed high levels of trust, over 60%, in elected institutions–parliament, vidhan sabha, panchayat/MC–while southern state Andhra Pradesh (AP) showed the least level of trust.

Telangana—the average "effective trust" in Parliament stood at 36.6 percent. In 2013, a similar study by CSDS showed that 56 percent people trust Parliament; in 2005, the figure was 43 percent.

Andhra Pradesh doesn’t trust Prime Minister. While 48 percent people of the remaining seven states have confidence in the PM, Andhra's "effective score" stood at -4 percent. Similarly, the state showed a trust deficit in the President with the same score.