The Reporters Without Borders, a not-for-profit body published the World Press Freedom Index, 2021. It ranked 180 countries. India ranked 142 in the index. India was at an identical position in 2020 as well.
Norway topped the index accompanied by means of Finland and Denmark. The index was once topped via Norway in 2020 as well.
Eritrea received the last rank in the index. China ranked 177th out of one hundred eighty countries. North Korea was at rank 179 and Turkmenistan used to be at rank 178.
India was at rank 133 in 2016 and has been sliding positions in view that then. Amongst the Indian neighbourhood, Sri Lanka was ranked at 127, Nepal used to be ranked at 106, Myanmar at 140, Bangladesh at 152 and Pakistan at 145.