INCREASED Change in importance since last More Less URGENCY TO Net change year, in India Important Important ADDRESS Improving our healthcare system 71 15 +56 FOUNDATIONAL PROBLEMS Improving our education system 70 16 +54 Change in importance since last year Addressing climate change 68 17 +51 (more important minus less important) Addressing poverty in this country 66 17 +49 Finding ways to combat fake news 65 17 +48 Protecting people's individual freedoms 65 17 +48 Closing the economic and social divide 64 17 +47 Addressing discrimination, racism 63 17 +46 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. IMP_POL_PRIORITIES. For each of the following issues and challenges, please indicate whether our country addressing it has become more important to you, less important to you, or has stayed the same in importance, since last year. 5-point scale; top 2 box; more important; bottom 2 box, less important. General population, India. Net change is the difference between more 22 and less important.