NEW DELHI, May 11 -- Unlike in India, where the majority's share has gone down, Muslim majority countries in the neighbourhood have witnessed an increase in share.

Amidst years of unfounded criticism, attacks and concerns expressed by Western organisations on the state of minorities in India and the ongoing political slugfest and debate over minority rights, researchers with the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister have found that contrary to "popular" perception, the share of the majority Hindu population in India decreased by 7.82% between 1950 and 2015 (from 84.68% to 78.06%), while the share of Muslim population witnessed a 43.15% increase, moving from 9.84% in 1950 to 14.09% in 2015.

Similarly, the number of followers of...