KERALA AMONG THE THREE HIGHLY CORRUPT STATES IN INDIA
A report brought out by Transparency International India (TI India) and the Centre for Media Studies (CMS) has revealed that Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala are among the highly corrupt states, while only Andhra Pradesh features on the list of moderately corrupt states. The report has categorized various states into alarmingly corrupt, very highly corrupt, highly corrupt and moderately corrupt. Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh and Nagaland are in the category of alarmingly corrupt.
Sri. Hameed Ansari, Vice President, while releasing the report said that “corruption is pervasive and cancerous, eating at the very root of the social fabric of society.” Across the country, the total amount paid as bribes by rural BPL households in the last one year to avail the benefit of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has been estimated at Rs.71.5 million. The study said that more than half the households paid bribes directly to the concerned government staff.
The police top the chart in terms of monetary contribution to corruption. The second highest among the surveyed services is land records and registration. The BPL households in India have paid a whopping Rs.9,000 million to avail the basic and need based public services. Five basic services – the public distribution system, hospital, school education electricity and water supply – and six need based services – NREGS, land records and registration, forest, housing, banking and police service – came under the purview of the study.
Chairman of the Centre for Media Studies N. Bhaskara Rao said that the RTI Act, social auditing and e-governance had helped significantly to bring down the level of corruption.
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