India again placed at 142nd rank in press freedom
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April 21, 2021 19:31 IST
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Christophe Deloire, head of RSF (Reporters without borders) stands in front of the 2021 map of press freedom in Paris, France, Tuesday April, 20, 2021.
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It’s one of the most dangerous countries for journalists trying to do their job properly: RSF
The 2021 World Press Freedom Index produced by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a French NGO, has again placed India at 142nd rank out of 180 countries. This despite the fact that for a year, under directions from the Cabinet Secretary, an Index Monitoring Cell worked to improve the world rankings, including a meeting between Ambassador to France with the RSF officials to lobby for a change in the ranking in the index compiled by them.
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New Delhi: A panel set up by the Narendra Modi government last year to improve India’s ranking in the World Press Freedom Index has recommended drafting a communication strategy to highlight the positive aspects and publicise reforms to enhance press freedom in the country.
The panel has also said the government must engage with international media ranking agencies.
It added that the methodology adopted by Reporters Sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders or RSF) to measure press freedom lacks transparency, and also identified a “Western bias” and “selection of parameters” as key concerns with the RSF’s index.
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Mumbai: A committee set up by the Narendra Modi government last year to suggest ways of India improving its ranking in the World Press Freedom Index has concluded that the media is doing well and that Indiaâs poor score â which it says is ânot in line with the ground situationâ â is the product of âwestern biasâ.
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