Transparency International Global Corruption Index 2010

The Transparency International Report on corruption has been released. The Transparency International is a global civil society organization which leads the fight against corruption, and publishes its much acclaimed annual report on Corruption in various countries and corruption perception index which measures the perceived levels  of  public sector corruption in 178 countries around the world. For detailed report of Transparency International Report on  public sector corruption please visit http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010.

 While Denmark,New Zealand and Singapore are voetd to be the cleanest, Somalia is classified as the most corrupt.

Transparency International has placed India at 87^th place out of  178 countries, with China at 78^th place.

Please see the map of Global Corruption Index for relative Ranks of various Countries.

Global Corruption Index Map

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Is the resignation by Union Telecom Minister A.Raja enough.... ?

Now as the Union Telecom Minister A.Raja has resigned from his chair, following the outrage from opposition as well as the CAG report clearly pointing to his involvement in the multi-crore Telecom Scam, the question that arises in the mind of common people is that, Is it enough on the part of a person who is involved in one of the biggest scams that happened in post-independent India, just to submit his resignation and get away. Is it not the responsibility of Government of India , to punish the guilty and send clear signal that the law of land is the same for everyone.

Please, Post your comments about the scam and the action that should be taken against the guilty.

Bhopal Gas Disaster-25 Years of Government Incompetence.

It was on December 3,1984 that lethal methyl isocyanate  gas, leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited’s(UCIL) pesticide factory, killing over 15000 people and affecting more than five lakh people due to exposure to this gas and contamination of drinking water in a five sq.km area by large amounts of chemical waste dumped in and around the factory grounds. The chemical waste is still there after 25 years of disaster, and the company which bought UCC ,Dow chemical Company, refuses to clean up the mess and in turn has landed lawsuits on protestors. Although the unofficial figures of the death toll are even higher, as the people who were exposed to this gas developed complications after some time and the children born to them were born with birth defects.

Its been 25 years since this tragedy, and the main accused in this case Mr. Warren Anderson, who was the chairman and CEO of the U.S. headquartered Union Carbide Corporation(UCC), (whose Indian subsidiary is Union Carbide India Ltd), is still living a luxurious life