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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