New Delhi: The sensex is crashing, inflation is on the rise, but there's one place where it's business as usual. It's the most corrupt nation's list.
According to this year's Transperency International Report, out of 180 countries, India is the 85th most corrupt nation in the world. It's the same down-hill journey. This time India has tumbled from rank 72 last year to rank 85 this year - mostly thanks to inspired moments like the cash-for-vote scam.
Country President Transperency International India, Admiral R H Tahiliani says, "When the world sees that at the highest level people can be bought what are they going to think of us."
Small mercy is that we are at least better off than Pakistan at 134. China's integrity index is marginally better than ours as it comes 72nd on the list and Somalia is the worst at 180. Denmark, New Zealand and Sweden are the least corrupt countries.
The dubious distinction of the most corrupt sectors according to Indians goes to the police department closely followed by the political establishment and the lower judicary.
Executive Director Transperency International India, Anupama Jha says, "That's the trend the world over. Corruption in politics is a given, but over the years the perception of the judicary has changed too."
The state-by-state survey by Transparency International India and the Centre for Media Studies, New Delhi places four Indian states in its "Alarmingly Corrupt" category.
The four states are - Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Assam.
The next rung of "Very Highly Corrupt" states include Karnataka - which was ranked 17th in a 2005 Transparency International India survey - Rajasthan as well as Tamil Nadu.
Not as notorious but still "Highly Corrupt" are the five states of Chhatisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Kerala and Orissa.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal are the "Moderately Corrupt" states of India.
The survey is a part of efforts by Transparency International India to reduce corruption by promoting and supporting transparent and ethical practices in the Government sector.
And so even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is signing nuclear deals and the country is on its way to becoming a global powerhouse, India still loves being corrupt.
LOW INTEGRITY |
| Corruption in India has increased marginally in the last two years, taking its position from 72 to 85 in the list of world's corrupt countries, according to global watchdog Transparency International. |
| The Corruption Perception Index, prepared on the basis of surveys conducted in 180 countries by 13 international agencies associated with Transparency International, puts India's integrity score at 3.4 as against 3.5 last year. |
| India and China were at par last year in the corruption index. But this year, China's position is 72. Pakistan with 2.5 integrity score has been ranked at 134 in the list. |
| The integrity score is prepared by a mathematical calculation by a Switzerland-based professor on the basis of the findings of the surveys on governance. Electoral and political systems in India were the major sources of corruption. |
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