India ranked 84th in corruption index

India ranked 84th in corruption index
BS Reporter / New Delhi November 18, 2009, 0:48 IST

India continues to be widely perceived as a highly corrupt nation, with Transparency International's corruption perception index (CPI) 2009 ranking the country at 84 out of the 180 surveyed. There is no significant difference from India's earlier standing at the 85th position last year.

India's integrity score, a major component of the survey, stands at 3.4 out of the highest score of 10, which indicates that the country has a long way to go as far as eradicating corruption is concerned. However, the good news is that India's integrity score is the second-highest one among all south Asian countries. Bhutan, with a score of 5, fared the best in the integrity parameter among all south Asian countries.

The top three countries with the highest CPI score and rank are New Zealand, followed by Denmark and Sweden. A country with a higher score is considered to be less corrupt.

India's rank has been calculated by collecting data from 13 sources. All sources measure the overall extent of corruption by gauging the frequency and size of bribes in public and political sectors. The survey does not take into consideration corruption in private sector enterprises.

India was ranked 72nd in 2007. However, the cash-for-vote scandal in 2008 brought the country down to the 85th position in the same year. The perception of corruption among politicians and public service officers still persist and has continued to affect India's rankings in the index in 2009.

"It is a commonly perceived notion that politicians are spending too much on elections and that corruption prevails. India's performance for this year is not a flattering one and one can only draw comfort from the fact that it has not fared worse than last year," Transparency International India Chairman R H Tahliani said.

Out of the various departments analysed, India's police department fares the worst in terms of corruption, while school education was the sector where least corruption prevails.

The most corrupt state is Bihar, followed by Jammu and Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh.

I recalled the recent ad of Jaago Re when I read the article in today’s newspaper ‘Corruption is now considered as one of the world's greatest challenges today’. The World Bank has stated that "bribery has become a $1 trillion industry." That number would hardly be surprising to many as in our daily lives we have to bribe pretty much everyone from top to bottom to get your work done. But the biggest learning is that by giving bribes, we are only encouraging more of it! This will only end when we stop believing that bribing is the only way to get work done. Maybe we should all pull our pants down in front of bribe takers like the character in Munnabhai who does that to get his pension! Or maybe do something a little less drastic, but as effective, and join hands with an NGO that helps fight corruption. I found such an NGO on jaagore.com and now plan to volunteer my time and skills as a copywriter with them.

Is that so?
As early as today w should fight graft and corruption.

Well, according to the proved analysis 90 % of the youths are inspired by bollywood actors n actresses, youth is one n only best community who can fight succesively, well then bollywood must unite n start prepairing movies like Rang de basanti, .... and role plays .... which will inspire youth to follow....