World Press Freedom Index 2024 Released By Indian Government. India ranked 159 among 180 countries in the latest annual world press freedom index 2024 released by reporters without borders. World press freedom index 2024, published annually by reporters without borders (rsf), lists the best and worst press freedom across 180 countries.

India’s rank improved from 161 in 2023 to 159 in 2024, but this was because other countries had slipped in their rankings. With violence against journalists, highly concentrated media ownership, and political alignment, press freedom is in crisis in “the world’s largest democracy”, ruled since 2014 by prime.