The ministry of external affairs on Wednesday decided to mull 바카라world democracy report바카라 and 바카라global press freedom index바카라 to be brought out by an independent Indian think tank, HT reported quoting sources familiar with the matter.
This comes days after reports by Freedom House and V-Dem Institute downgraded India바카라s democratic rankings.
바카라We may encourage one of the Indian independent think tanks to bring out its own annual world democracy report based on comprehensive parameters as well as an annual global freedom of press index,바카라 an internal note prepared by the ministry of external affairs (MEA) earlier this year said.
According to HT, the matter is still being considered and no decision has been taken.
On November 20, the MEA began discussions after the Prime Minister바카라s Office (PMO) forwarded to it a letter written by former Prasar Bharti chairman and current executive member of the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), A Surya Prakash. The letter suggested that India should counter reports from the Sweden-based V-Dem Institute and the Press Freedom Index by defining its own parameters on democracy, HT said.
Prakash바카라s report mentioned that India 바카라has continued on a path of steep decline to the extent it has almost lost its status as a democracy바카라.
Last week, in its 2021 report, the V-Dem Institute classified India as an 바카라electoral autocracy바카라 alongside Hungary and Turkey because of 바카라restrictions on multiple facets of democracy바카라 such as civil society groups and free speech.
Earlier, India condemned a report by a U.S.-based think-tank that dropped its status from free to 바카라partly free바카라 saying the claims made by Freedom House are 바카라misleading, incorrect and misplaced.바카라
