Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Corruption across various States of India


Extent of corruption in Indian states, as measured in a 2005 study by Transparency International India.
As per Transparency International India, "India Corruption Study 2005", Kerala is the least corrupt State in India. Bihar, on the other hand, is the most corrupt State. Jammu & Kashmir ranks next to Bihar. Himachal Pradesh followed by Gujarat are ranked second and third respectively after Kerala. This study was carried across eleven public services. Kerala was found least corrupt in all these services. Himachal Pradesh was found less corrupt. In Gujarat services such as education, judiciary and land administration was ranked as more corrupt compared to other states. However in other services, Gujarat ranked better. [8].
State Rank Most corrupt services[9]
Kerala 1 Less corrupt
Himachal Pradesh 2 Less corrupt
Gujarat 3 Education, Land Administration and Judiciary
Andhra Pradesh 4 Hospital and Water Supply
Maharastra 5 Municipal services
Chattisgarh 6 --
Punjab 7 PDS, Police, Judiciary and Municipal services
West Bengal 8 Water Supply
Orissa 9 Judiciary
Uttar Pradesh 10 Electricity, Schools and Income Tax
Delhi 11 PDS
Tamil Nadu 12 Schools, Hospital, Income Tax and Municipalities
Harayana 13 Schools, Land Administration and Police
Jharkhand 14 --
Assam 14 Police, Electricity
Rajasthan 15 --
Karanataka 16 Income Tax, Judiciary, Municipalities and Rural & Farming infrastructure
Madhya Pradesh 18 --
Jammu and Kashmir 19 Most services except Hospitals and Rural & Farming infrastructure
Bihar 19 All services

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