The Wire Staff 
In July 2024, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published its annual report on the world press freedom (WPF) index. Of the 180 countries surveyed, India’s rank was 159, which was an improvement of two from the previous year, 2023. It is believed that this improvement in the rank was because some other countries had done so badly that their ranking had plummeted.
This report has been published annually by the RSF since 2002. It is based on certain parameters which do not include the quality of journalism or human rights violations in general. A country’s performance is evaluated on five distinct categories: political context, legal framework, economic context, social-cultural context and safety.