U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

Institutional transparency is consistently high; analytical methodology has declined measurably across the 1999–2026 scoring window. Counter-evidence engagement is absent or negligible in every scored India chapter.

• D7 (Transparency) scores 6–8 across all 11 scored reports — consistent institutional strength
• D8 (Counter-Evidence) scores 1–3 across the entire series — structural imperviousness to criticism
• Citation infrastructure evolved from zero URLs (1999) to 74 URLs (2024), but analytical framework is static