Fight against corruption

Corruption in India

As with many developing nations,corruption is widespread in India. India is ranked 85 out of a 179 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, although its score has improved consistently from 2.7 in 2002 to 3.4 in 2008. Corruption has taken the role of a pervasive aspect of Indian politics and bureaucracy.

Anti-corruption efforts

The Right to Information Act (2005) and equivalent acts in the states, that require government officials to furnish information requested by citizens or face punitive action, computerisation of services and various central and state government acts that established vigilance commissions have considerably reduced corruption or at least have opened up avenues to redress grievances. The 2006 report by Transparency International puts India at the 70th place and states that significant improvements were made by India in reducing corruption.
Computerization

* Bhoomi is a project jointly funded by the Government of India and the Government of Karnataka to digitize the paper land records and create a software mechanism to control changes to the land registry in Karnataka. The project was designed to eliminate the long-standing problem of inefficiency and corruption.

Whistleblowers

Whistleblowers play a major role in the fight against corruption (See the TI page here http://www.transparency.org/index.php/news_room/in_focus/2007/whistleblowers). India even today does not have a law to protect whistleblowers. However subsequent to the murder of whistleblower Sri Satyendra Dubey, Government of India after much pressure directed by an order making the Central Vigilance Commission to hear and protect whistleblowers. The latest Administrative Reforms Commission also has suggested to encourage whistleblowing and to protect whistleblowers. But this benefit is not available to whistleblowers working to any officer working under state governments. An ongoing effort can be seen here http://fightcorruption.wikidot.com . http://www.corruptioninindia.org is another "not for profit" website dedicated to increase awareness against corruption in India and contains comprehensive info of corruption in India.