Press freedom ranking improves for India, but concerns over media pluralism persist

India has risen to rank 151 from 159 on the Reporters sans Frontières’ (RSF) World Press Freedom Index, which evaluates 180 countries.

The non-government organisation RSF noted that the Adani group’s takeover of NDTV had “signalled the end of pluralism in the mainstream media”.

Despite the increase in rank, the RSF continues to rate India’s “press freedom situation” at the lowest category — “very serious” — similar to most South Asian countries.