QUOTE : Index: CIVICUS Monitor’s National Civic Space Ratings11<br />Monitors: Freedoms of association, peaceful assembly,<br />expression<br />Method: Rating—Open, Narrowed, Obstructed, Repressed,<br />Closed<br />India 2017 rating: ‘Obstructed’<br />India 2021 rating: ‘Repressed’<br />Result: India fell one grade.<br />Reasons cited: ‘The deterioration of India’s civic space is<br />alarming—particularly its assault on freedom of expression using an<br />array of restrictive laws—and its attempts to impede human rights<br />groups.