NEW DELHI: Corruption in India has increased marginally in the last two years, taking its position from 72 to 85 in the list of world's corrupt countries, according to global watchdog Transparency International.
The Corruption Perception Index, prepared on the basis of surveys conducted in 180 countries by 13 international agencies associated with Transparency International, puts India's integrity score at 3.4 as against 3.5 last year. India and China were at par last year in the corruption index. But this year, China's position is 72. Pakistan with 2.5 integrity score has been ranked at 134 in the list.
The integrity score is prepared by a mathematical calculation by a Switzerland-based professor on the basis of the findings of the surveys on governance. "India's position has gone down from 72 last year to 85 this year. India's integrity score has fallen from 3.5 in 2007 to 3.4 this year, indicating that corruption has marginally increased in the country," R H Tahiliani, country chairman of Transparency International, told reporters here.
He said electoral and political systems in India were the major sources of corruption. "In our electoral system, huge money is spent by political parties for winning elections. This money comes from mainly corrupt practices," he said. Denmark has emerged as the top country with 9.3 integrity score, indicating that corruption level was the lowest there followed by New Zealand, Sweden and Singapore.
Countries like Haiti, Iraq, Myanmar and Somalia have recorded lowest scores with less than 1.5, he said. The level of corruption is perceived to be rampant in these countries.
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