According to Transparency International, India ranks 87 in the 2010 corruption index in a list of 178 countries, ranked from very clean to highly corrupt. Ranked with India at 87 are Albania, Jamaica and Liberia. India slipped from 84 in 2009. In our country kickbacks, bribes, public swindles and land-grabbing is now virtually institutionalised. Clean politicians, bureaucrats and police officials are now seen as a rare, endangered species. And it's not just people in government, even the private sector has seen its share of scams. In post-liberalisation India, the total money scammed off is estimated to be a staggering Rs 74 lakh crore.
Last year especially was the year of scams, including as it did the 2G and the CWG swindles. Has 2010 changed public perception of corruption? An Outlook-CNN-IBN poll conducted by GfK Mode across eight cities found that corruption remains a matter of very serious concern. In fact, the poll reveals that it is only a close second to inflation and is seen as a bigger threat than terrorism.
Not surprisingly, the majority (66 per cent) ranked politicians as most corrupt, followed by bureaucrats (14 per cent) and the police (7 per cent). Being in power and having presided over several cases of mega corruption, the Congress was seen as the most corrupt political party. Worse, more than half of those surveyed said that none of the political parties had the wherewithal to deal with corruption.
Though there is much concern about corruption, the majority (74 per cent) admitted they have not acted against the corrupt. As many as 56 per cent said they didn't object when asked for a bribe.
A total of 1,633 adult respondents (1,037 males and 596 females) in eight cities —Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Calcutta, Lucknow and Mumbai—were interviewed between January 8-10 for the survey.
AUTHORS: OUTLOOK
TAGS: COMMONWEALTH GAMES | SCAMS/FRAUDS/RACKETS | CORRUPTION | INFLATION / PRICE RISE |TERROR IN INDIA | POVERTY
SECTION: NATIONAL
SUBSECTION: OPINION POLLS
JAN 27, 2011 12:33 AM 12 | I think, that there is hope for India, on the issue of corrupt politicians. At least, high profile politicians like Mr Kalmadi, will have to be careful, when transacting, or overseeing business transactions. The same is true for the corrupt, but relatively high profile bureaucrat. What is worrying, is that at the level of the village political representative, there is gross mis-management. The mentioned representative, may use the context, and pretext, of caste, and religious differences, to enrich himself/herself. These contexts and pretexts may be further used as cases of justification as defense. | |
JAN 26, 2011 10:25 PM 11 | unfortunately india is exploding at exponential rate as far as population is concerned.i think be it corruption,poverty,unemployment,lack of resources;anything and everything is related to this problem of population.to add to our woes,our politicians are so hell bent to break our system that no matter how difficult the situation is, they have been taking country for a ride.be it 2G,commonwealth,niira radia,politicians cannot bite the end that feeds them.the hope lies with common man .no matter how difficult ,be the support of those who cannot fend themselves. | |
JAN 26, 2011 09:24 PM 10 | Corruption is one area where the country is has truly progressed.from Krishna Menon's jeep scandal to,Indira's Nagarwala scandal to Rajiv Gandhi's Bofors scandal to Sonia's billions in Swiss banks,a meteoric rise indeed. | |
JAN 26, 2011 04:33 PM 9 | # 7 The Chinese judicial system has been underestimated for many reasons. So has its health and educational systems. But their RESULTS have stunned the rest of the world, and is ther for all to see. It is easily blinded by the western system, to which - from language to religion to gender casteism - we have all been influenced. The media has not helped us have any independednt take either. Let us not throw the baby with the bath water and be blindly led by a media with an agenda. | |
JAN 26, 2011 10:03 AM 8 | Thanks to the all out efforts by successive governments headed by different political parties for pushing down the nation lower and lower in the transparency map! If corruption has become acceptable in our society, it is due to our insensitivity towards it and the 56 percent vote underlines this fact. We ourselves are to be blamed for that; not the politicians or the judges.
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