
The union home ministry said that it does not agree with the views and rankings of the World Press Freedom Index published by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, describing the latter as a “foreign NGO”. The group publishes the rankings every year; India ranked 142nd out of 180 countries in 2021.
The ministry made this statement while answering a question in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, after Congress MP Manish Tewari asked the ministry four questions.