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INDIA receives an overall "Moderate" rating in the 2006 Global Integrity Index. The Index assesses national anti-corruption policies and practices in countries around the world. For a printer-friendly .PDF version of this report click here.
This peer-reviewed country report includes:
Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for all 290 Integrity Indicators.
Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.
Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.
Country Facts: Statistical context for each country.
Global Integrity country reports are generated by an in-country team comprising a lead journalist (who prepares the Reporter's Notebook), a lead researcher (who initially scores the Integrity Indicators), and three to five peer reviewers. Global Integrity staff in Washington coordinate the input from all team members and are responsible for final content. For a full description of our methodology and research process please click here.
Reporter's Notebook
These reminders keep cropping up, and it isn't a coincidence. As a reporter and a right-minded citizen, I have never handled a bribe or paid for information. But all around me, incidents keep reminding me of how widespread corruption is in the bustling Indian capital, where outside every government office, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has hung notices reminding citizens that paying bribes is a crime.
First, a close family friend recently confessed he had, through a back channel, paid a hefty bribe of 689,235 rupees (US$15,000) to a district judge for settling a property dispute between him and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
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