PRESENTED BY,

GRACE MARIA JOSEPH

 What is Corruption?
 Corruption is an age-old phenomenon.

 The word corruption means destruction, ruining or

spoiling – a society or nation.
 Corruption comes under many different
guises: bribery, misappropriations of public
goods, nepotism and influencing the formulation
of laws or regulations for private gain.
 Corruption is widespread in India.

 In 2014 India ranked 85th out of 174 countries in

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions
Index.

 In India found that more than 54% of Indians

had firsthand experience of paying bribes to
successfully get jobs done in public offices.
 The largest sources of corruption in India are:
entitlement programmes and
social spending schemes enacted by
the Indian government.
Examples include :
 One of the daily sources of corruption include
India's trucking industry.

 Media has published that corrupt citizens have

trillions of $ in Swiss bank (US$1.4 trillion).
 CORRUPT STATES IN INDIA
Alarmingly corrupt: Very highly corrupt:
 Bihar  Karnataka
 Jammu and Kashmir  Rajasthan
 Madhya Pradesh  Tamilnadu
 Uttar Pradesh

Highly Corrupt: Moderately corrupt:

 Chhattisgarh  Maharashtra
 Delhi  Himachal Pradesh
 Kerala  Haryana
 Gujarat  Punjab
 Jharkhand  Uttarakhand
 Orissa  Andhra Pradesh
 West Bengal
1.Corruption in Government Offices
 A bribe is a payment given personally to a government
official in exchange of his use of official powers.

2. Corruption in Politics
 In Dec 2009 it was reported that 120 out of 532
parliament members were accused of crime.

 Scandals involved high level government officials,

including Cabinet Ministers and Chief Ministers across the
country.
3. Corruption in Health
 In Government Hospitals, corruption is associated
with non-availability/duplication of medicines, getting
admission, consultations with doctors and availing
diagnostic services.

 National Rural Health Mission programme - one of

the largest source of corruption.

4. Corruption in Judiciary
 Corruption is rampant in India’s courts.

 Factors such as - delays in the disposal of cases,

shortage of judges and complex procedures…

 Bribe collected by the judiciary -36 %

5. Corruption in the Education Sector
 Corruption threatens equal access, quantity and quality of
education.

 Corruption has long –term effects.

 It includes bribes paid by parents to teachers to ensure

good grades and examination results; bribes paid by teachers
to public officials to get preferred posting and promotion
etc…

 Bribe collected by the Educational institutions - 48%

 Major Scams
 Chopper deal scam ( Rs 3600 cr)
 Coalgate (Rs 185,591 cr)
 2G spectrum (Rs 176,000 cr)
 CWG (Rs 141 cr)
 Fodder scam (Rs 950 cr)
 Satyam Computer Services scandal (Rs 8000 cr)
Total scam money in India = 73000000000000

Total Scam money of our country is 27% more

than the GDP of our country.
 Low Pay scales/ Wages
 Low Job opportunities
 Lack of Strict and fast punishments
 Lack of transparency in affairs and deals
 Lack of accountability
 Encouragement of unhealthy competition
• Loss of National wealth
• Hindrance and obstruction in development
• Backwardness
• Poverty
• Authority and power in wrong hands
• Brain drain
• Rise in terrorism and crimes
• Rise in suicide cases
• Psychological and social disorders
a) The first tool is ‘education’.

b) Increasing direct contact between government and the

governed.

c) Media

d) Legislation

e) Transparency

f) Advertising
 The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

 Right to Information Act ,2005

 India Against Corruption by Anna Hazare and

Kajariwal.
 The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013

It commonly known as The Lokpal Act, is an anti-

corruption Act of Indian Parliament in India which
"seeks to provide for the establishment of the
institution of Lokpal to inquire into allegations of
corruption against certain public functionaries and
for matters connecting them".
 CONCLUSION
Corruption is an intractable problem. It is like
diabetes, can only be controlled, but not totally
eliminated. It may not be possible to root out
corruption completely at all levels but it is
possible to contain it within tolerable limits.