World corruption index is out - Denmark is least corrupt, India at 76th position

#corruption #CorruptionPerceptionIndex Much has been said and discussed about bringing in transparency in government work but, the fact remains that India continues to be a corruption ridden country. Corruption is believed to be the main reason for the change of governments at Center and in Delhi in the past two years. But, the situation has not changed.
Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2015 shows that India has moved up in rank from 85 position to 76 (however the number of countries ranked in 2015 was 168 against 174 nations in 2014).
CPI measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 27 January 2016.

Bhutan with a score of 65 fares much better than India. However, other neighboring countries continue to languish with a poor record. China stands at rank 83 and Bangladesh at rank 139 - they have not recorded any improvement. The scores of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal have increased marginally over the past year.
Commenting on the high perception of corruption across the Asia Pacific region, the CPI report remarks that in India and Sri Lanka leaders are falling short of their bold promises. Against this, in Bangladesh and Cambodia corruption is because of clamping down on civil society.
This year's CPI sends a message to people of India - it says '... The Modi government has set a new trend in Asia Pacific: fast and big in anti-corruption promises, while slow and small in delivery...."


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