India falls into the range index 87 in Transparency International's Corruption Perception 2010 due to alleged irregularities during the recent Commonwealth Games.
In the context of alleged irregularities in the recently held Commonwealth Games (CWG), India's perception of corruption levels have increased with a corresponding deterioration in their rankings. According to the Index of Corruption Perception Transparency International (CPI) for the year 2010, the year India ranks 87 among 178 countries, down three points from 84 in 2009.
Countries with the highest scores in the index are seen as having less corruption, countries with the lowest scores, the majority.
Worse, there has been a decrease in the score of the integrity of India to 3.3 in 2010, 3.4 in 2008 and 2009, and 3.5 in 2007. These figures are on a scale of zero to 10 with the first is perceived as highly corrupt and 10 indicating low levels of corruption.
"It's an indication that the country is still perceived as more corrupt than in the past. This perception appears to have increased mainly due to alleged corrupt practices, as is evident during the recent Commonwealth Games in New Delhi," the report CPI for 2010 states.
"The surveys and assessments used to compile the index to include issues relating to bribery of public officials, kickbacks in public procurement, embezzlement of public funds, and questions that probe the strength and effectiveness of public sector, the fight against corruption, "says a statement accompanying the 2010 IPC.
"It is unfortunate that India has fallen in the index of corruption, even in terms of score integrity," said PS Bawa, president of Transparency International India. "The solution to this problem lies with the legislature and government."
The Commonwealth Games, held in the country in early October, was marred by allegations of corruption, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) that form a "special cell" composed of senior officials to investigate allegations of corruption in the projects of GTC. The Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has also created a commission headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General VK Shunglu, to investigate the conduct of the games.
Transparency International - a global non-governmental organization that monitors political and corporate corruption worldwide - has been publishing an annual CPI since 1995.
The CPI ranks countries / territories based on their degree of public sector corruption in a country is perceived, and is a composite index made from a combination of surveys.
Apart from the public sector, the CPI focuses on corruption of public officials, public officials and politicians.
The CPI 2010 is based on 13 surveys of origin of ten independent institutions like the World Bank, Freedom House and the Global Competitiveness Report, among others. These sources, which provide a classification of countries and to measure some aspects of corruption, the range between January 2009 and September 2010.
According to the CPI 2010, Somalia is considered the most corrupt country in the world with a score of 1.1, followed by Myanmar and Afghanistan, Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore are perceived as the least corrupt with scores of 9.3.
China is set to 78 °, indicating that it is less corrupt than India. Pakistan appears as if only a little worse than India. U.S. ranks quite high in the 22 and is perceived to have relatively low levels of corruption. In Asia, Bhutan is seen as the least corrupt country.
Rounding out the top scores ten: Finland and Sweden, 9.2; Canada, 8.9, Netherlands 8.8, Australia and Switzerland, 8.7, Norway 8.6. Japan was 17 on the list with a score of 7.8, the United Kingdom 20 (7.6), and the United States 22 (7.1).
In the bottom of 178 countries, Somalia received 1.1, just below Afghanistan and Myanmar (1.4) and Iraq (1.5). Among the emerging economic powers, Brazil was 69th on the list with a score of 3.7, the 78th China (3.5), and 87 in India (3.3).
In general, Transparency International survey says: "These results indicate a serious corruption problem. With governments commit huge sums to meet the world's most pressing problems, the instability of financial markets to climate change and poverty, corruption remains an obstacle to much needed progress. "
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