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India ranked 88th on corruption index
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Carlos
====== Indians pay Rs 210 bn in bribes every year========
JC response: The following is a shame. A shame that has been thrust upon
Goa.
No regards,
jc
http://headlines.sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13967377&headline='Indians~pay~$4.6~b~in~bribes~per~year'
Indians pay Rs 210 bn in bribes every year:
Wednesday, 19 October , 2005, 16:53
New Delhi: Indians pay $4.6 billion in bribes each year to obtain basic
BASIC SERVICES such as water and electricity, Transparency International
said on Wednesday.
Sixty-two per cent of respondents said they had "first-hand experience of
paying a bribe or using a contact to get a job done in a PUBLIC OFFICE", the
report said.
The other departments named by Indians as corrupt were PRIVATE SCHOOLS --
where parents paid money to ensure their children gained admission -- the
lower JUDICIARY, government HOSPITALS and the INCOME TAX department, the
report said.
The corruption index scores showed that people said they paid BECAUSE
officials had the potential to disrupt business and home life if they did
not, the report said.
Indian POLICE were ranked the most corrupt with as many as 80 per cent of
those who had interacted with the department saying they had parted with
money to get work done.
The lower judiciary was ranked the second-most corrupt service with land
administration and municipal services -- electricity and water -- in the
third and fourth slots.
BIHAR was found to be the MOST corrupt in the country while KERALA was voted
the LEAST corrupt.
In its report released in London on Tuesday, Transparency International
ranked India the 88th most corrupt country out of the 159 surveyed.
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