Rajasthan tops the corruption chart in India, according to the latest India Corruption Survey conducted by the LocalCircles and the Transparency International India. As per the survey, 78 per cent people in Rajasthan, participating in the survey, admitted to paying bribe to get the work done. Of theses, 22 per cent paid bribes several times (directly or indirectly), while 56 per cent bribed officials once or twice (directly or indirectly). “Around 22 per cent of them, however, didn’t have a need to pay bribe,” it said.
In Rajasthan, while 44 per cent people paid bribes for property registration and other land issues, 33 per cent paid off the police and 23 per cent to others, like the electricity board, transport office, tax office, added the survey.
According to the “Crime in India 2017” report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the number of corruption cases registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act and related sections of IPC in Rajasthan were 401 in 2015, 387 in 2016 and 404 in 2017.
Rajasthan is followed by Bihar where 75 per cent citizens admitted to paying a bribe to get their work done. Out this, 50 per cent paid off several times (directly or indirectly), while 25 per cent paid bribes once or twice (directly or indirectly). In Bihar, 47 per cent paid bribes for property registration and other land issues, while 6 per cent paid off the Municipal Corporation. 29 per cent people paid a bribe to the police and 18 per cent to others, like electricity board, transport office and tax office, according to the survey.
These two states are followed by UP and Jharkhand, where 74 per cent citizens admitted to paying a bribe to get their work done.
Rajasthan tops corruption chart in Survey
