Wednesday, 3 December 2014

India Now Ranks 85th in Global Corruption Index

India improved rankings in global corruption index as the country moved up 11 notches to place 85th among 175 nations as against 94th last year, according to Transparency International.

The report noted that in terms of the new government, the index possibly captured the anti-corruption mandate on which the new government was elected and the possibility of some reforms in this area.

“However, the data used for corruption perception mostly was collected prior to the change of government and therefore this will not reflect directly into any of the sources,” it said.

The graft watchdog placed Denmark in number one position as the least corrupt country in 2014 with a score of 92 while North Korea and Somalia shared the last place, scoring just 8.

China moved down to 100th place from 80th last year, while Pakistan and Nepal were at the 126th position. Bangladesh was 145th and Bhutan 30th in the ranking. Sri Lanka was ranked 85th with India. Afghanistan was at a bleak 172.

According to the Corruption Perception Index report, “the score for India increased by 2 points in 2014 from its 2013 score, helping India’s rank move up to 85 in 2014 from 94 in 2013”. India’s score stood at 38 as compared to 36 last year.

The improvement in corruption perception for India was driven primarily by two data sources — the World Economic Forum and World Justice Project’s index.




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