Today democracy is appreciated by all over the world but still there are several challenges to democracy. It is defined as a form of government and way of life. Though some supported the totalitarian type of government have also pretended to appreciate democracy. In diversity country like India mere political democracy is meaningless until and unless economic and social democracy. Ours is the greatest democratic country but still millions of people are struggling for their daily basic needs. In this theoretical research work, the researcher tries to analyses the meaning and nature of democracy and the major challenges before e democracy in the Indian context.