The growing public dissatisfaction with corruption in public life triggered the emergence of a civil society movement that forced the government to initiate the establishment of a powerful People’s Ombudsman (the Jan Lok Pal), with the powers to prosecute corruption at even the highest levels of government. India’s ranking in the annual corruption index, released by Berlin-based non-government organization Transparency International (TI), slid to 81 among a group of 180 countries.
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Recent Developments Corruption Perceptions Index and India
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