> India fourth-most corrupt nation in Asia-Pacific: Survey
> > http://www.indianexpress.com/news/india-fourthmost-corrupt-nation-in-asiapacific-survey/768751/0> > Posted: Tue Mar 29 2011, 14:21 hrs
> Singapore:
> > India finds itself bracketed with countries like Philippines and
> Cambodia, rated as the fourth most corrupt nation among 16 countries
> of the Asia Pacific region surveyed by leading Hong Kong-based
> business consultancy firm PERC.
> > > The Political & Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd (PERC) rated India at
> 8.67 on a scale of zero to 10 with the high end being the worst case
> of corruption scenario and ahead of the Philippines (8.9 points),
> Indonesia (9.25 points) and Cambodia (9.27 points).
> > > Among the 16 countries reviewed in its latest report, Thailand was
> rated at 11 with a scale of 7.55, followed by China (7.93) and Vietnam
> (8.3).
> > > Comparatively, Singapore was given a clean sheet with a score of 0.37,
> followed by Hong Kong (1.10), Australia (1.39), Japan (1.90) and USA
> (2.39), putting them in the top five.
> > > In India, according to the report, civil and other local-level
> political leaders were found more corrupt than the national-level
> political leaders, with the former given a score of 9.25 and the
> latter slightly better at 8.97.
> > > Indian civil servants at the city level too were rated at 8.18, worst
> than the civil servants at the national level (7.76).
> > > "The issue of corruption has grown and overshadowed the second term in
> office of the Congress-led coalition headed by Prime Minister Manmohan
> Singh," said PERC in its Asian Intelligence report on Asian business
> and politics.
> > > The government has been wracked by a series of scandals involving the
> sale of telecom licenses, preparations for the Commonwealth Games, a
> land scam involving high level military officers, and improper
> property loans made by state-owned financial institutions, it pointed
> out.
> > > Though investigations were underway to be followed by court trials,
> Indians were still questioning whether or not the prime minister has
> the political muscle to fight graft and whether the actions now being
> taken were more for show than proof that the government was really
> cracking down on business practices that were common but corrupt, it
> said.
> > > Prime Minister Singh has been put in such a defensive position that
> most of his recent statements have been to stress how he has not
> personally been involved with corruption, even though it appears that
> almost everyone around him was, observed PERC.
> > > "This point is underscored by a recent WikiLeaks report that the
> ruling Congress Party paid off parliamentarians back in 2008 to pass
> the US-India civil nuclear deal," it said.
> > > The report also noted that the Federation of Indian Chambers of
> Commerce and Industry was worried that the problem of corruption and
> the way it was being treated in the media could seriously hurt India's
> international image and scare away potential investors.
> > > It takes two to tango and the level of corruption in the public sector
> would not be possible if there were not plenty of private businessmen
> willing to pay bribes and work the political system, said PERC.
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