BANGALORE - The Indian government is working on a massive publicity exercise to correct its international image by challenging India's low rankings in 29 global indices, including those of press freedom, terrorism, hunger and business innovation.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BANGALORE - The Indian government is working on a massive publicity exercise to correct its international image by challenging India's low rankings in 29 global indices, including those of press freedom, terrorism, hunger and business innovation.
Unnamed state officials revealed these plans to Indian news website The Print. Other news outlets have published responses from leaders of the opposition, critiquing these plans. The Indian government think-tank Niti Aayog called the ranking"surprising" and in an April report, questioned the index's analysis methodology and lack of expertise on South Asia.
In May this year, the central government said it had already set up a committee before the press freedom index was released, to work on improving India's ranking on future rankings. In a paper published in October 2019, members from the state think-tank's nutrition division argued that the global hunger index did not do"justice in capturing significant improvements" in stunting and under-five child mortality.
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