India Slips To 86th In Corruption Perception Index – Free PDF Download

What has happened?

• The 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released today by Transparency International reveals that persistent corruption is undermining health care systems and contributing to democratic backsliding amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
• India’s ranking on the Corruption Perception Index for 2020, has slipped from 80 to 86. (Country’s score decreased by a point from 41 in 2019 to 40.)

About the index

Inception in 1995

• The index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople.
• It uses a scale of zero to 100, where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.

• Countries that perform well on the index invest more in health care, are better able to provide universal health coverage and are less likely to violate democratic norms and institutions or the rule of law.
• “COVID-19 is not just a health and economic crisis.
• It is a corruption crisis. And one that we are currently failing to manage.”
• “The past year has tested governments like no other in memory, and those with higher levels of corruption have been less able to meet the challenge.”

India

• On India, the report said the country experienced slow progress in anti-corruption efforts, with several government commitments to reform not yet materialising

Recommendations

• Strengthen oversight institutions
• Mainstream anti-corruption policies
• Ensure open and transparent contracting
• Strengthen audit and oversight institutions
• Defend democracy and promote civic space
• Publish relevant data and guarantee access to information

Conclusion

• The report said that experts feel CPI does not reflect actual real corruption level in any country. The integrity score determines the corruption situation of a country.

Q) Which among the following best describes the right to privacy and the right to information?

1. Both complement each other
2. Both contradicts each other
3. Both are same
4. Both are completely different

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