Transparency puts India on list for failing to curb corruption

The annual index of Transparency International for the year 2016 has been released.

 Background:

Transparency International, the Berlin-based anti-graft organisation has used World Bank data, the World Economic Forum and other institutions to rank 176 countries by perceived levels of corruption in public sector. The score runs from zero, which is highly corrupt, to 100, which is very clean.

Key facts:

• The index has placed India on the watch list for its inability to curb mega corruption scandals and petty bribery.
• The index has placed India with Brazil and China in the 40th position. The index notes that India’s condition showed growth with inequality.
• India’s score has improved by two points from 38 in 2015.
• As per the report, the impact of corruption on poverty, illiteracy and policy brutality showed that not only was the economy growing but so was inequality.

Performance of other countries:

• Latest rankings put New Zealand and Denmark in joint first place with a score of 90, followed by Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Singapore, Netherlands and Canada.
• At the bottom of the index, Somalia was ranked the most corrupt country.
• South Asia has performed poorly. Bangladesh at 27th and Nepal at 29th positions were slotted in the highly corrupt section.
• Pakistan, at 32, also came in the red zone. Afghanistan ranked 15th was in the “highly corrupt” list with South Sudan, North Korea and Libya.

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