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All reports and rankings are not perfect, but broadly this is how it works:
Negative = Flawed methodology, Anti-India conspiracy
Positive = Dynamic leadership
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Negative = Flawed methodology, Anti-India conspiracy
Positive = Dynamic leadership
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**World Press Freedom Index ranking - 150/180**
âGovt rejects ranking on Press Freedom Index, attacks methodologyâ (2021)
2/n
âGovt rejects ranking on Press Freedom Index, attacks methodologyâ (2021)
2/n
**Global Hunger index rank - 101/116**
âGovt rubbishes Global Hunger Index Ranking, questions methodologyâ
3/n
âGovt rubbishes Global Hunger Index Ranking, questions methodologyâ
3/n
**EIU Democracy Index - Indiaâs rank falls, dubbed as âflawed democracyâ**
âEIU not sharing information on democracy index, rankings arrived at without consulting any government agenciesâ
4/n
âEIU not sharing information on democracy index, rankings arrived at without consulting any government agenciesâ
4/n
**World Inequality Report terms India as & #39;poor and very unequal country& #39;**
âReport flawed, methodology questionableâ
5/n
âReport flawed, methodology questionableâ
5/n
**USCIRF terms India as a & #39;Country of Particular Concern& #39;**
âIndia rejects US religious freedom report as biasedâ (2020)
6/n
âIndia rejects US religious freedom report as biasedâ (2020)
6/n
**Lancet editorial in 2021: âAt times, PM Narendra Modi& #39;s Govt has seemed more intent on removing criticism on Twitter than trying to control the pandemicâ**
Former Health Minister calls it an âimbalanced editorialâ and refutes The Lancet with a cat dp blog
7/n
Former Health Minister calls it an âimbalanced editorialâ and refutes The Lancet with a cat dp blog
7/n
**WHO: India Covid deaths, nearly 10 times official count**
âIndia questions WHOâs methodologyâ
8/n
âIndia questions WHOâs methodologyâ
8/n
**Swedish V-Dem institute and US Freedom House reports criticize India**
âHypocrisyâ
9/n
âHypocrisyâ
9/n
Who cares about these rankings anyway? Well only as long as it is good news. Remember the much celebrated Kearney FDI confidence Index?
There has been silence all around ever since Indiaâs rank started to fall. India is no longer in top 25.
10/n
There has been silence all around ever since Indiaâs rank started to fall. India is no longer in top 25.
10/n
We never heard of the World Bankâs Logistics Performance Index again when Indiaâs rank fell 9 places to 44 in the next cycle. Silence in the media as well.
11/n
11/n
**First-ever âannualâ Kotler award that was never repeated after 2019**
âHistoricâ
12/n
âHistoricâ
12/n
**Poll in a hitherto unheard-of magazine**
âProud momentâ
13/n
âProud momentâ
13/n
To sum up,
Negative = Flawed methodology,
Positive = Dynamic leadership
On one hand, rejecting negative reports, and on the other, constantly looking for international validation
Oh and not to forget ready templates for leaders and cheerleaders to copy-paste.
14/14
Negative = Flawed methodology,
Positive = Dynamic leadership
On one hand, rejecting negative reports, and on the other, constantly looking for international validation
Oh and not to forget ready templates for leaders and cheerleaders to copy-paste.
14/14
How could I forgot to add the 2015 instance when the govt dismissed a Moodyâs Analyticsâ Economic Outlook report calling it personal opinion of a junior economist and rapping the media for its coverage. Moodyâs stood by its report. 15/n
