World Press Freedom Index 2024 India. India’s ranking in the 2023 world press freedom index has slipped to 161 out of 180 countries, according to the latest report released by global media watchdog reporters. A comparison of the assessments of 167 countries made by rsf's 2024 world press.

While india is a multiparty democracy, the government led by prime minister narendra modi and the hindu nationalist bharatiya janata party (bjp) has presided over discriminatory. Rsf’s world press freedom index aims to compare the level of press freedom enjoyed by journalists and media in 180 countries and territories.