India Slipped two Places in Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI-2019)

India’s ranking in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI-2019) has slipped from 78 to 80 as compared to the previous year and its score of 41 out of 100 remains the same.

  • According to Transparency International, in democracies like India and Australia, unfair and opaque political financing, undue influence in decision-making and lobbying by powerful corporate interest groups, has resulted in stagnation or decline in the control of corruption.
  • The 2019 CPI draws on 13 surveys and expert assessments to measure public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories, giving each a score from zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
  • The top ranked ....
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