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NEW DELHI: The central executive isn’t in settlement with the conclusions drawn by way of Journalists
With out Borders about press freedom in India, Minister of State for House Affairs Nityanand Rai knowledgeable Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Mentioning quite a lot of causes for no longer agreeing with India’s score within the International Press Freedom Index launched by way of
the Journalists With out Borders, the minister claimed the technique followed is “questionable and non-transparent and loss of transparent definition of press freedom”.
In a written respond to a query on India positioned at 142 place out of 180 nations within the International Press Freedom Index, compiled by way of the Journalists With out Borders ultimate yr, Rai stated, “The International Press Freedom Index is revealed by way of a international NGO ‘Journalists With out Borders’.
The federal government does no longer subscribe to its perspectives and nation scores and doesn’t conform to the conclusions drawn by way of this organisation for quite a lot of causes together with very low pattern dimension, very little weightage to basics of democracy, adoption of a technique which is questionable and non-transparent, loss of transparent definition of press freedom.”
The query used to be raised by way of Congress MP Manish Tewari. On queries relating to reporters being booked underneath IPC, UAPA and different rules, the ministry mentioned that the federal government is dedicated to make sure the appropriate to freedom of speech and expression enshrined underneath the Charter.
