According to Transparency International’s 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2011/: • Not many countries around the world are untouched by the scourge of corruption, according to Transparency International’s 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index. • Transparency International warned that protests around the world, often fuelled by corruption and economic instability, clearly show citizens feel their leaders and public institutions are…
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India Corruption Study (ICS) 2010, which got published in 2011, is the seventh edition of studies undertaken by Centre for Media Studies (http://www.cmsindia.org) since 2000 and fourth in the last five years. The purpose of this and earlier rounds has been to provide a reliable tool for improving governance. The current and earlier rounds of…
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India has recently been witnessing scams of all sorts such as IPL scam, Commonwealth Games 2010 scandal, 2G allocation scam. All these scams involved politicians and bureaucrats at highest places, which has shaken the conscience of the nation. Despite public outcry, no worthwhile investigations are going on in any one of them. This is because…
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According to the Global Corruption Barometer 2010, which has been prepared by the Transparency International, http://transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/gcb/2010/in_detail#1: • Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer (the Barometer) is the largest cross-country survey to collect the general public’s views on and experiences of corruption. • In 2010 the Barometer interviewed more than 91,500 people in 86 countries, making it…
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According to the Global Corruption Barometer 2009 prepared by Transparency International, http://www.transparency.org/publications/gcr/gcr_2009#press; also see http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2009/gcr2009#dnld: Indian scenario • Countries such as Brazil, China and India already boast some of the world’s largest markets, and their companies play an increasingly active and important role in global business. As this report documents, encouraging efforts are under way to update many aspects of…
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State-level highlights Kerala: All 11 public services* considered for the study are ranked as the least corrupt in the country.Himachal Pradesh: Most services in the State are ranked as relatively lower corrupt in the country.Gujarat: Overall the State is ranked as less corrupt in comparison to other States. However certain services like Education, Land Administration and Judiciary are…
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According to the Vision Foundation’s (2005) Social Audit-Gram Sabha and Panchayati Raj-document, submitted to the Planning Commission, GoI, October,http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/sereport/ser/stdy_sagspr.pdf • “Social Audit is a process in which, details of the resource, both financial and non-financial, used by public agencies for development initiatives are shared with the people, often through a public platform. Social Audits allow people to…
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The Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 (released in July 2015) provides useful data on households regarding various aspects of their socio-economic status – housing, land-holding/landlessness, educational status, status of women, the differently able, occupation, possession of assets, SC/ST households, incomes, etc. The SECC 2011 has provision for automatic exclusion on the basis of 14 parameters, automatic…
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KEY TRENDS • The total number of civilians killed and injured during police firing in 2016 was 92 and 351, respectively. The total number of civilians killed and injured during police lathi-charge in 2016 was 35 and 759, respectively #$ • In 2015, the NCRB recorded over 73 lakh complaints of cognizable crimes. Cognizable crimes are relatively serious…
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