[Assam] Fw: [asom] Assam ranks as 'most corrupt' State

Tue Jul 1 21:28:07 IST 2008

I remember a AssamNet discussion in the summer of 2005 where Santanu-da who teaches economics at UPenn (Ivy League) said that corruption can actually help overcome bad policies -by finding ways to grow , despite govt policies. In light of the new report on corruption, any pointers?

Umesh Sharma

Washington D.C. 

1-202-215-4328 [Cell]

Ed.M. - International Education Policy

Harvard Graduate School of Education,

Harvard University,

Class of 2005

http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)

www.gse.harvard.edu/iep  (where the above 2 are used )

http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/

http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/

--- On Mon, 30/6/08, Dilip and Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Dilip and Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com>
Subject: [asom] Assam ranks as 'most corrupt' State
To: assamonline at yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 30 June, 2008, 10:45 PM

Who prepared this report? :-)
"The latest India Corruption Study 2007 conducted jointly by Transparency
International and Centre for Media Study and released by Vice President Hamid
Ansari on Saturday is embarrassing news for Assam, where corruption level was
described as ‘alarming’."
Another attempt to make Assam state (a colony?) toe the line. :-)
Dilip Deka

----- Original Message ----
From: Dibya <dibyanlp at yahoo.com>
To: assamonline at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 10:11:10 AM
Subject: [asom] Assam ranks as 'most corrupt' State

Time for Gogoi sir with cronies to settle at Bangladesh..

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Monday, June 30, 2008
Assam ranks as 'most corrupt' State

NEW DELHI, June 29 – Assam has earned the dubious distinction of being the
most corrupt State in the country, on the basis of corruption in 11 vital
services. Corruption level was alarming in four other States, as well. The
latest India Corruption Study 2007 conducted jointly by Transparency
International and Centre for Media Study and released by Vice President Hamid
Ansari on Saturday is embarrassing news for Assam, where corruption level was
described as ‘alarming’. The four States, which follow Assam include Bihar,
Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The grouping of States on
corruption reflects position of States in the context of eleven services. The
eleven services included ‘basic services’ like PDS, hospital service,
school education, electricity and water supply services and ‘need -based
services’, like land records, registration, housing service, forest, NREGS,
banking service and police service (traffic and crime)). The study does not
include operational irregularities in the system and even corruption that does
not involve citizens directly.The study covered all 31 States and Union
Territories and is focused on the poorest and rural areas. It included below
the poverty line people (BPL) in both rural areas and urban slums.The level of
corruption in all the 11services studied in Assam and Madhya Pradesh was
alarming. In Delhi and West Bengal, for example, corruption level was moderate
in most services surveyed. Among smaller States of the north-east, like
Nagaland and Goa, corruption level was alarming, whereas in Meghalaya and
Sikkim, it was very high. In Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur the level was high,
while in Tripura and Mizoram it was found to be moderate. The total bribe
amount involved in a year in BPL households availing the eleven services is
estimated at Rs 8,830 crore. Based on the incidence of bribe paid by sample BPL
households, an estimate is made for the total amount paid as bribe by BPL
households in the country during the last one-year in the eleven services.
School education (up to class XII and government schools) among the 11 services
studied stands last in the ranking meaning the level of corruption is the lowest
among all. While police service stood number one. The land records and
registration and house and plot, which are specially tailored for BPL
households, stand at two and three respectively in the rank. The level and
extent of corruption in police service was high in all States, as if it is
universal – but the ranks of other services show variations across the
States. Given the nature of need-based services, which are monopolistic or
involve asset creation or volume, these services ranked high on corruption as
compared to basic services.Releasing the report, the Vice president said the
report brings to light the negative impact of competitive politics on targeted
schemes aimed at the poor. It has reported instances of BPL, SC/ST and other
vulnerable households of being told by political activists of a linkage between
benefits and electoral preferences. “This, to the extent it is true, amounts
to political corruption in its damaging form since it undermines the very
institutions of democracy at all levels. A national consensus at its avoidance
is thus imperative,” he opined.

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