Corruption perception rises as GDP slows

Over the last few years, there has been a lot of discussion in India about increasing corruption in the country. This discussion has been based largely on a number of high-profile cases that have hit the headlines, such as those relating to A Raja during his tenure as telecom minister and the visible failures relating to the Commonwealth Games. In this note, we use Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index to look beneath the media headlines to see what has happened to corruption in India during the past two decades.

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