The World Press Independence Day is celebrated on May 3. On this occasion, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi also told the significance of the press freedom by tweeting.

PM Narendra Modi tweeted, "On World Press Freedom Day, we firmly support free and versatile journalism. It is very important for democracy. "

However, in the world of journalism, there are many problems in India. 'Reporters Without Borders' has released a list of 180 countries, in which according to Press freedom India's position is 136.

India is far behind countries like Zimbabwe and Myanmar.

Norway, Sweden and Finland are the world's leading journalists in bold journalism.

In this case, China is ranked 176th and Pakistan is number 139.

Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India in May 2014. Then India was on 140th number. In 2015, India came at number 136. In 2016, the number was 133 and came to number 136 in 2017.

In 2010, India was 122nd in this list and then the UPA Government was in power. After this India was on 140th till 2014.

'Reporters Without Borders' said in its report, "The freedom of the press in India is threatened by Modi's nationalism and the media is not printing news due to fear."

According to the report, "Self censorship is increasing in the Indian media and journalists are targets for the online campaign to defame the hardline nationalists. Journalists who are critical of the government are being prosecuted to stop them. "

While Modi has said in his tweet, "In today's era social media has emerged as an active medium to connect with the people and it has given greater powers to the independent press."

Senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai writes on this, "Today the World Press is the Independence Day. India is 136 and Pakistan is ranked 139th. A lot has been said. Greet those selected people who are still raising the voices."

In his next tweet, Rajdeep wrote, "The truth is that the press has a great tradition of freedom in India. This freedom has been misused due to business models and personal interests.''

At the same time, former Justice Markandey Katju wrote on Facebook, "World Press Independence Day is the world's biggest manipulation. Press freedom is a myth and a cruel joke with the public.

He wrote, "The world is in the hands of the corporate, whose sole purpose is to make maximum profit. Actually there is no press freedom. "

Katju wrote, "Big journalists take a rough salary and for this reason they have become accustomed to fancy lifestyles. They will not want to lose it and therefore only follow orders and lick the lamps.''

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