CORRUPTION

CORRUPTION - Transcript

C ORRUPTION

Deadly Disease in India Corruption
Corruption As with many developing nations corruption is widespread in India India is ranked 72 out of a 179 countries in Transparency International s Corruption Perceptions Index although its score has improved consistently from 2 7 in 2002 to 3 5 in 2008 Corruption has taken the role of a persistent aspect of Indian politics and

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Corruption In Politics
Corruption In Politics Criminalization of Indian politics is a main problem In July 2008 Washington Times reported that nearly a fourth of the 540 Indian Parliament members faced criminal charges including human trafficking immigration rackets embezzlement rape and even murder At state level things are often worse

Corruption In administration
Corruption In administration A 2009 survey of the leading economies of Asia revealed Indian administration to be not just least efficient out of Singapore Hong Kong Thailand South Korea Japan Malaysia Taiwan Vietnam China Philippines and Indonesia further it was also found that working with the India s civil servants was a slow and painful process Cont

Corruption In administration
Corruption In administration Officials often steal state property In Bihar more than 80 of the subsidized food aid to poor is stolen In Government Hospitals corruption is associated with non availability of medicines or duplicate medicines getting admission and consultations with doctors

Corruption In Judiciary
Corruption In Judiciary Corruption is rampant in the judicial system of India According to Transparency International judicial corruption in India is attributable to factors such as delays in the disposal of cases shortage of judges and complex procedures all of which are exacerbated by a preponderance of new laws

Effects
Effects The chief economic consequences of corruption are the loss to the exchequer Creates unhealthy climate for investment and an increase in the cost of government subsidized services The TI India study estimates the monetary value of petty corruption in 11 basic services provided by the government like education healthcare judiciary police etc to be around Rs 21 068 cr

Anti corruption efforts
Anti corruption efforts Right to information act It is a law enacted by the Parliament of India giving citizens of India access to records of the Central Government and State Governments The 2007 report by Transparency International puts India at the 70th place and states that significant improvements were made by India in reducing corruption Continues

Anti corruption efforts
Anti corruption efforts Computerization BHOOMI is a project jointly funded by the Government of India and the Government of Karnataka to digitize the paper land records and create a software mechanism to control changes to the land registry in Karnataka The project was designed to eliminate the long standing problem of inefficiency and corruption Continues

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