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Govt, military top credibility charts in India

The global attitudes survey interviewed 2,464 individuals across 15 states in eight Indian languages between February and March

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Abhishek Waghmare New Delhi
Indians give more credence to the central government and the military, more than the media, human rights organisations and the judicial system, according to the 2017 Global Attitudes Survey, conducted by Pew Research Center.
 
Religious leaders come last, with corporations featuring slightly better, it said.
 
The study was done in collaboration with the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), a US-based policy research organisation. The survey analysed four developing and populous countries: India, Indonesia, Kenya and Mexico (see chart).
 
Among the four countries, however, Indians are the least advocating (or supportive), or the most sceptical, about