India ranks 85 in corruption perception index concern over countrys democratic status Transparency International report
New Delhi Jan 25 PTI Indias rank improved one place to 85 among 180 countries in a corruption perception index CPI of 2021 according to a new report by Transparency International which however raised concern over the countrys democratic status The index which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people uses a scale of 0 to 100 where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean Among those with weak scores are some of the worlds most populous countries such as China 45 and India 40 and other large economies such as Indonesia 38 Pakistan 28 and Bangladesh 26 the report by the anti-corruption watchdog said Indias rank improved by one place to 85 in 2021 from 86th in 2020 according to the index Except Bhutan all of Indias neighbours are ranked below it Pakistan dropped 16 spots in the index and was ranked at 140 Calling the case of India particularly worrying the report released on Tuesday said while the countrys score has remained stagnant over the past decade some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening There are concerns over the countrys democratic status as fundamental freedoms and institutional checks and balances decay Journalists and activists are particularly at risk and have been victims of attacks by the police political militants criminal gangs and corrupt local officials the report based on the index said The report further alleged that civil society organisations that speak up against the government have been targeted with security defamation sedition hate speech and contempt-of-court charges and with regulations on foreign funding A concerning trend across some of these nations with weak scores is a weakening of anti-corruption institutions or in some cases absence of an agency to coordinate action against corruption it said Denmark Finland New Zealand and Norway topped the list with the highest score While corruption takes vastly different forms from country to country this years scores reveal that all regions of the globe are at a standstill when it comes to fighting public sector corruption At the top of the CPI countries in Western Europe and the European Union continue to wrestle with transparency and accountability in their response to COVID-19 threatening the regions clean image In parts of Asia Pacific the Americas Eastern Europe and Central Asia increasing restrictions on accountability measures and basic civil freedoms allow corruption to go unchecked Even historically high-performing countries are showing signs of decline the report said PTI UZM RT RT
New Delhi Jan 25 PTI Indias rank improved one place to 85 among 180 countries in a corruption perception index CPI of 2021 according to a new report by Transparency International which however raised concern over the countrys democratic status The index which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people uses a scale of 0 to 100 where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean Among those with weak scores are some of the worlds most populous countries such as China 45 and India 40 and other large economies such as Indonesia 38 Pakistan 28 and Bangladesh 26 the report by the anti-corruption watchdog said Indias rank improved by one place to 85 in 2021 from 86th in 2020 according to the index Except Bhutan all of Indias neighbours are ranked below it Pakistan dropped 16 spots in the index and was ranked at 140 Calling the case of India particularly worrying the report released on Tuesday said while the countrys score has remained stagnant over the past decade some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening There are concerns over the countrys democratic status as fundamental freedoms and institutional checks and balances decay Journalists and activists are particularly at risk and have been victims of attacks by the police political militants criminal gangs and corrupt local officials the report based on the index said The report further alleged that civil society organisations that speak up against the government have been targeted with security defamation sedition hate speech and contempt-of-court charges and with regulations on foreign funding A concerning trend across some of these nations with weak scores is a weakening of anti-corruption institutions or in some cases absence of an agency to coordinate action against corruption it said Denmark Finland New Zealand and Norway topped the list with the highest score While corruption takes vastly different forms from country to country this years scores reveal that all regions of the globe are at a standstill when it comes to fighting public sector corruption At the top of the CPI countries in Western Europe and the European Union continue to wrestle with transparency and accountability in their response to COVID-19 threatening the regions clean image In parts of Asia Pacific the Americas Eastern Europe and Central Asia increasing restrictions on accountability measures and basic civil freedoms allow corruption to go unchecked Even historically high-performing countries are showing signs of decline the report said PTI UZM RT RT
