Question: Consider the following statement in reference to the recently released Global corruption Perception Index:
(1) Global Corruption Preception Index is released annually by the Economist
(2) India has been ranked at 80th position in the index
(3) The index is topped by New Zealand and Denmark
(4) India improved by 2 positions in the latest index
Choose the correct option:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) All of the above
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- Transparency International has released the Global Corruption Perception Index 2019 on January 23, 2020.
Major highlight of the index:
- The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, according to experts and business people.
- This year’s analysis shows corruption is more pervasive in countries where big money can flow freely into electoral campaigns and where governments listen only to the voices of wealthy or well-connected individuals.
- The top ranked countries are New Zealand and Denmark, with scores of 87 each, followed by Finland (86), Singapore (85), Sweden (85) and Switzerland (85).
- The bottom ranked countries are Somalia, South Sudan and Syria with scores of 9, 12 and 13 respectively.
- The report is made on the basis of 13 surveys and expert assessments measuring public sector corruption.
- The report mentions that around the world, a majority of countries showed little to no improvement in tackling corruption.
- The report mentions that only 22 countries significantly improved their CPI scores in the last 8 years.
- 21 countries saw a significantly fall in their while remaining 137 countries, the levels of corruption show little to no change.
- India’s ranking in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI-2019) went down from 78 to 80 in the latest index. The score of India is 41 out of 100, which remains the same.
- The report mentions that democracies like India and Australia have unfair and opaque political financing, undue influence in decision-making and lobbying by powerful corporate interest groups. This leads to no decrease in the corruption level.
- Asia Pacific region`s average score is 45 showing general stagnation across the region.
- Neighbor China showed large improvement in the list as compared to the last year. It ranked 80 from 87 with a score of 41 out of 100.
- China and India are having similar ranking.
- Some of the major performers in the list are: New Zealand (87), Singapore (85), Australia (77), Hong Kong (76) and Japan (73).
- However, the low performers like Afghanistan (16), North Korea (17) and Cambodia (20) still shows the tough challenges that is infront of the world.
- The performing and leading economies of the world like China (41), Indonesia (40), Vietnam (37), the Philippines (34) and others are still struggling to tackle corruption.
Transparency International:
- Transparency International is a not for profit, non-governmental organisation which works to fight corruption globally.
- The organisation was founded in 1993 and is based in Berlin, Germany.
Links:
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-ranked-80th-in-corruption-perception-index-1639648-2020-01-24
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-slips-two-places-on-global-corruption-perception-index/article30634389.ece
https://www.transparency.org/cpi2019