Height of corruption? India’s poorest paid Rs 883 cr as bribe!
Dr. Smile 30 June, 2008 The level of corruption is “alarming” in the states of Assam, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, says a new survey based on experience of BPL households in availing various public services last year.
The ‘India Corruption Study 2007′, brought out by NGOs Transparency International India (TII) and Centre for Media Studies (CMS), found that about one-third of Below Poverty Line (BPL) households in the country bribed officials to avail a total of 11 services — from police to PDS.
According to the survey, which covered 22,728 households in all states and Union Territories, Rs 883 crore (Rs 8,830 million), in all, was estimated to be paid as bribe by BPL households last year.
The report grouped states into four levels on extent of corruption — alarming, very high, high and moderate. While five states come into the “alarming” category, the corruption level is “moderate” in states like Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana and West Bengal, the survey found.
Karnataka, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu fall into the “very high” group, according to the report that took into account corruption experienced by poor families while availing basic services like PDS, hospital, electricity and water supply as also need-based services like land records and registration, housing, banking and police service.
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can’t believe this, is it really true?
i pity on the poor indians, youmust tryto weed outcorruption at the root levels.
Best wishes
thats very sad..
all because of politicians and religion fighting
Corruption is like a plaque that you can’t stop. When will it end?
^I agree with the comment above
I really don’t know what to say well . Its bad on one hand good at the other . If your caught speeding a light by mistake you don’t want to end up in jail b/w an emergency . So i think its a good and evil in the society
its sad to know about this.
yea really sad .. even in real life i see so many places where nuthings works without bribes.
I know bribe is increasing but it is an eil good so it prevails