World Press Freedom Index WPFI purporting to evaluate the level of freedom available to the media in...........

Economic Affairs Development and Indicators

World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) purporting to evaluate the level of freedom available to the media in 180 countries is published by?

International Federation of Journalists

Amensty International

Reports Without Borders

UN Human Rights and UNESCO

20th World Press Freedom Index was published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

The index reveals a two-fold increase in polarisation amplified by information chaos – that is, media polarisation fuelling divisions within countries, as well as polarisation between countries at the international level.
Within democratic societies, divisions are growing as a result of the spread of opinion media and the spread of disinformation circuits that are amplified by the way social media functions

Performance of India

India has slipped 8 places on the World Press Freedom Index 2022
With a global score of 41, India has gone down to the 150th position from 142 last year.

Hence option 3rd is correct.