Corruption is widespread in India according to the document. It discusses corruption in politics, administration, and the judiciary. At the state level, over 80% of subsidized food aid in Bihar is stolen. Corruption also plagues government hospitals with shortage of medicines and under the table payments. Anti-corruption efforts discussed include the Right to Information Act and computerization projects like BHOOMI to digitize land records in Karnataka to reduce inefficiency and corruption.
2. 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 administration.
4. 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.
5. 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.
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6. 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.
8. 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".
9. 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.
10. Anti-corruption efforts
1) 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.
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11. Anti-corruption efforts
2) 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.
Cont…