NEW DELHI, May 24 -- A massive exercise undertaken by an Index Monitoring Cell (IMC) created by the Modi Government to devise ways to improve the ranking of India in the World Press Freedom Index published every year by Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) has boomeranged. In 2020 in the World Press Freedom Index India ranked 142 among 180 nations, below Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In 2021 in spite of efforts by the Cell the ranking remained at 142.
Titled "Modi tightens his grip on the Media", the 2021 RSF report said, "India is one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists trying to do their job properly. They are exposed to every kind of attack, including police violence against reporters, ambushes by political activists, and repr...