Poor Suffer Most From Corruption - Transparency International
ACCORDING to Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2010, India this year is ranked at 87 among 178 countries, down three spots from 84 in 2009. The Corruption in the Common Wealth Games, seems to have contributed to our fall.
The Report says that “ Yet it is the poor who suffer the most from corruption ; In India, for instance, a 1000-rupee bribe to get a new drinking-water connection effectively excludes poor people from access to drinking water.”
Somalia is considered the world's most corrupt country with a score of 1.1 followed by Myanmar and Afghanistan, while Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore are perceived to be the least corrupt with scores of 9.3.
China is at the 78th position - it is less corrupt than India. Pakistan is shown as just a notch worse off than India, the US ranks fairly high at 22nd and is perceived to have relatively low levels of corruption. In Asia, Bhutan is perceived to be the least corrupt country.
India's ranking has consistently dipped since 2006 when it was ranked 70 among 163 countries.
A former CVC had remarked that the only way to improve the situation was for India to bribe the Transparency International for a better ranking!