♦ India has fallen to third place in the annual Edelman Trust Barometer 2025 rankings, which ranks trust in government, businesses, media, and NGOs. China and Indonesia got first and second places respectively. In 2024 India ranked second.

♦ The annual Edelman Trust Barometer, now in its 25th year, released before the start of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, also showed that India ranks low at 13th place when it comes to trust of people in other countries, in companies with Indian headquarters.

♦ The survey, which included responses from over 33,000 people across 28 countries, also highlighted a global trend of growing grievances.