India Corruption Survey 2019
As per the India Corruption Survey 2019, Rajasthan and Bihar fared the worst in the country with 78% and 75% of respondents admitting to paying bribes, while Telangana topped the list in south India. The survey was carried out between October 2018 and November 2019 and was conducted by Local Circles, a social media firm, and Transparency International India. It had a total of 1.9 lakh responses from nearly 81,000 unique respondents in 248 districts across 20 Indian states.
As compared to 2018, India’s overall ranking in the Corruption Perception Index has risen 3 places to 78 out of 180 countries. While an average of 56% of respondents admitted to paying bribes in 2018, the number has come down to 51% in 2019.
Key Highlights of Survey
Most Corrupt States in India:
Rajasthan tops corruption chart in India. As per India Corruption Survey, 78% of people in Rajasthan, participating in a survey, admitted to paying a bribe to get work done.
Bihar follows Rajasthan and was placed in the second spot. In Bihar, 75 % of citizens admitted to paying a bribe to get their work done.
Uttar Pradesh was ranked third in the list. In UP 74 % of citizens admitted to paying a bribe to get their work done. Jharkhand shares 3rd spot with UP, where 74% citizens admitted to paying a bribe to get their work done.
Telangana rounds off the top 5 lists of ‘Most Corrupt States in India’, with about 67% of citizens admitted to paying bribes to get numerous pending work completed.
Punjab ranks sixth in the list, where 63% citizens accepted to paying bribes to get their work done. Karnataka shares the spot with Punjab.
Tamil Nadu ranks seventh in the most corrupt state’s list. Around 62% of citizens admitted to paying bribes to get their work done.
Least Corrupt States: According to the list, Kerala is one of the least corrupt states, where only 10% of people admitted to paying a bribe to get their work done and all of them gave bribes several times (directly/ indirectly). Besides Kerala, Goa, Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal, Haryana and Delhi are the least corrupt states.
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