Corruption Woes and The Corruption Perception Index
Since 1995, Transparency International has published an annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ordering the countries of the world according to "the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians". The organization defines corruption as "the abuse of entrusted power for private gain".
The 2003 poll covered 133 countries; the 2007 survey, 180. A higher score means less corruption. The results show seven out of every ten with an index of less than 5 points out of 10.
As per Worldwide Corruption Perceptions ranking of countries, India’s CPI in 2010 was 3.3 and the rank was 87.[/i][/b]
Political corruption in India is a major concern. A 2005 study done by Transparency International in India found that more than 75% of the people had firsthand experience of paying bribe or peddling influence to get any type of job done in a public office. Taxes and bribes are a daily life fact, common between state borders; Transparency International estimates that truckers pay annually US$5 billion in bribes. For 2010, India was ranked 87th of 178 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, with a CPI score of 3.3, which is a slight worsening of its 2009 score of 3.4 (rank 84th). India compares favorably with other BRIC countries, with China having a CPI score of 3.5 (decreasing from 3.6 in 2009) rank 78th, Brazil 3.7 (rank 69th), and Russia 2.1 (rank 154th, the worst of the BRICs)
Criminalization of Indian politics is a major setback as well as a serious problem. In July 2008 The Washington Post reported that nearly a fourth of the 540 Indian Parliament members faced criminal charges, "including human trafficking, immigration rackets, embezzlement, rape and even murder". An international watchdog conducted a study on the illicit flight of money from India, perhaps the first ever attempt at shedding light on a subject steeped in secrecy, concludes that India has been drained of $462 billion (over Rs 20 lakh crore) between 1948 and 2008. The amount is nearly 40% of India's gross domestic product.
Where the scams rate is concerned let us have a look at the top scams occurred in our country.
2G Spectrum Scam[/b]
Commonwealth Games Scam[/b]
Telgi Scam[/b]
Satyam Scam[/b]
Bofors Scam[/b]
The Fodder Scam[/b]
The Hawala Scandal[/b]
IPL Scam[/b]
Harshad Mehta & Ketan Parekh Stock Market Scam[/b]
Recent scams have highlighted how both the scale and spread of corruption in India have grown - sums like Rs 1,76,000 crore are being bandied about while politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen, the media, the judiciary and senior armed forces officers have all been tainted in one scam or the other. Most worryingly, there is little to suggest that the guilty will be punished. The government is to introduce a new Lokpal Bill ostensibly to deal with the menace. But what should have been a glimmer of hope may become one more token gesture, a toothless law that lets the Lokpal point fingers, but not prosecute. Loopholes in the bill and the threat of strong punishment for "frivolous" complaints are bound to discourage people from stepping forward to report corruption. The Lokpal Bill, sadly, is rife with clauses that make fighting corruption more difficult than before.
Above were some of the facts and figures relating to the prevalence of corruption in our country.
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Since 1995, Transparency International has published an annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ordering the countries of the world according to "the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians". The organization defines corruption as "the abuse of entrusted power for private gain".
The 2003 poll covered 133 countries; the 2007 survey, 180. A higher score means less corruption. The results show seven out of every ten with an index of less than 5 points out of 10.
As per Worldwide Corruption Perceptions ranking of countries, India’s CPI in 2010 was 3.3 and the rank was 87.[/i][/b]
Political corruption in India is a major concern. A 2005 study done by Transparency International in India found that more than 75% of the people had firsthand experience of paying bribe or peddling influence to get any type of job done in a public office. Taxes and bribes are a daily life fact, common between state borders; Transparency International estimates that truckers pay annually US$5 billion in bribes. For 2010, India was ranked 87th of 178 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, with a CPI score of 3.3, which is a slight worsening of its 2009 score of 3.4 (rank 84th). India compares favorably with other BRIC countries, with China having a CPI score of 3.5 (decreasing from 3.6 in 2009) rank 78th, Brazil 3.7 (rank 69th), and Russia 2.1 (rank 154th, the worst of the BRICs)
Criminalization of Indian politics is a major setback as well as a serious problem. In July 2008 The Washington Post reported that nearly a fourth of the 540 Indian Parliament members faced criminal charges, "including human trafficking, immigration rackets, embezzlement, rape and even murder". An international watchdog conducted a study on the illicit flight of money from India, perhaps the first ever attempt at shedding light on a subject steeped in secrecy, concludes that India has been drained of $462 billion (over Rs 20 lakh crore) between 1948 and 2008. The amount is nearly 40% of India's gross domestic product.
Where the scams rate is concerned let us have a look at the top scams occurred in our country.
2G Spectrum Scam[/b]
Commonwealth Games Scam[/b]
Telgi Scam[/b]
Satyam Scam[/b]
Bofors Scam[/b]
The Fodder Scam[/b]
The Hawala Scandal[/b]
IPL Scam[/b]
Harshad Mehta & Ketan Parekh Stock Market Scam[/b]
Recent scams have highlighted how both the scale and spread of corruption in India have grown - sums like Rs 1,76,000 crore are being bandied about while politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen, the media, the judiciary and senior armed forces officers have all been tainted in one scam or the other. Most worryingly, there is little to suggest that the guilty will be punished. The government is to introduce a new Lokpal Bill ostensibly to deal with the menace. But what should have been a glimmer of hope may become one more token gesture, a toothless law that lets the Lokpal point fingers, but not prosecute. Loopholes in the bill and the threat of strong punishment for "frivolous" complaints are bound to discourage people from stepping forward to report corruption. The Lokpal Bill, sadly, is rife with clauses that make fighting corruption more difficult than before.
Above were some of the facts and figures relating to the prevalence of corruption in our country.
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