Press freedom

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

Dossiers

Actions in time order, by government

1. Indira Gandhi, 24 Jan 1966 to 24 Mar 1977

   INC INC government

   • RepealedINC26 Jun 1975

     Press censorship during the Emergency (1975-1977)

     After the June 1975 Emergency proclamation the government imposed pre-publication censorship on newspapers; the 1976 press law was repealed in April 1977. The Shah Commission later reported on its use.

     Evidence points −10.5 (range −12.0 to −9.0)