Sources are ambigous: Govt on RWB's press freedom index

India ranked 136 out of 180 countries in the index, which released recently

The government has rejected international advocacy group Reporters Without Borders' (RWB) press freedom index, which gave India a poor ranking, citing threats to the media as one of the reasons for it, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. 

India ranked 136 out of 180 countries in RWB's World Press Freedom Index, released recently. 

"The Press Council of India (PCI) in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has taken note of the report of the RWB and found out that the sources of RWB in India are ambiguous," Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said. 

The minister said, "The sampling is quite random