India has hade it and gone down to 87th postion this year,
Courtsey CWG, below is the news,
As the Indian economy heads north, corruption too is on an upswing. And much of it has to do with the Commonwealth Games (CWG), which made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
As a result, India has slipped three places in global rankings of most corrupt countries, from 84 in 2009 to 87 this year.
The rankings of 178 countries brought out by Transparency International reflect how corrupt India's public sector is perceived to be. The report, which is based on surveys conducted by 13 established global organisations, was carried out between September 2009 and September 2010.
Besides slipping on the overall corruption index, the country's integrity score too has dipped - from 3.4 last year to 3.3 in 2010.
Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore continued to be the world's least corrupt nations with an integrity score of 9.3.
The ranking is on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 10 (low level of corruption).
The CWG has to take much of the blame for India's poor show. The Games dented the country's image on the international stage with allegations of large- scale corruption emerging out of the closet.
From building material to furnishings and constructions to overlays, the corruption was everywhere, forcing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appoint a panel to probe allegations of financial bungling.
Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and his team emerged as the prime suspects.
