[Assam] India, China nearly at par in terms of corruption

[Ram Sarangapani]

This from Yahoo (India) News.

Hehehe! If I were a betting man, I would bet, that in this game, China will
be out-classed by India.

--Ram
 India, China nearly at par in terms of corruption

*Denmark, Finland, New Zealand in least corrupt nations tally
*

New York: India has been ranked a lowly 74, two steps down since last year,
among 180 countries of the world on the worldwide Corruption Perceptions
Index (CPI), prepared by independent international agency Transparency
International.

However, corruption is much higher in Pakistan which occupies 140th place, a
little below Iran, Libya and Nepal which are ranked 133, 134 and 135
respectively.

Meanwhile, China which was ranked a joint 72 with India in 2007, slided a
step down to occupy a place above its neighbour this year.

Among other Asian countries, Russia is placed still lower on 145, while Sri
Lanka occupies the 96th position and Maldives is ranked 90. The least
corrupt country in the region is the nascent democracy Bhutan, which has
been placed at the 41st spot by the non-government organisation tracking
prevalence of corruption worldwide.

Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Singapore and Sweden corner the top five
spots retaining positions as the least corrupt nations of the world, while
bottom of table is occupied by Myanmar and Somalia. The United States also
retains its position and is ranked 20th, just below Germany, Ireland, Japan
and France. Besides, Britain occupies the 13th spot and is just ahead of
Hong Kong.

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