From Hunger To Press Freedom: Global Reports The Govt Disagrees With
By Mohammed Kudrati Over the last few years, several global socio-economic and political indices have either ranked India poorly or criticised the country for its poor track record on these indicators. But on analysing the government's response in the Parliament regarding these indices, BOOM found that the responses ranged from denial to disallowing discussion on questions raised by parliamentarians. These indices span issues like corruption, hunger and press freedom. In its disagreements, the government has either pointed out flaws in the data or the methodology of the index, saying that it d...