I chanced upon a website that reveals Corruption world-wide.
Corruption,like Drinking,Gambling and Prostitution is ancient and India is not alone-we may take solace in that.
I have blogged,under Corruption, details of a site which indicates the level of Corruption and which allows you to take a peep into the world of bribery and corruption http://www.gfintegrity.org/
Now here is a site that lets you post information and provides exhaustive information on World wide Corruption.
https://www.bribeline.org/bribelineHome.jsp
This would be useful for lodging PIL -what the Court may do later,may dismiss it even as frivolous-we can have the satisfaction of bringing the issue to the Public Domain.
The Business Registry for International Bribery and Extortion
Launched in mid-2007, BRIBEline is a secure, multi-lingual website through which companies and individuals can anonymously report the bribe demands they receive. Making a report is quick and easy, and the online survey is currently available in 21 languages. No names are requested or collected, and reports made to BRIBEline are not used for investigations or prosecutions.
Based on the reports that BRIBEline receives, we hope to shine a light on the bigger picture of the scope and nature of international bribery: what groups are demanding bribes, where they are demanding them, under what circumstances, etc. Astonishingly, there is no other source collecting this data. We will compile the information received and periodically publish reports that focus on specific countries.
To read BRIBEline’s reports, click on one of the bullet-points below. To submit a report, click on the “visit BRIBEline” link below.
https://www.bribeline.org/bribelineHome.jsp
Now read some information on India’s Report card on Corruption and bribery.
Read the last paragraph.
They seem to be unaware of 2G,Bofors,ISR,Antrix-Devas scams yet.
I plan to post details.
Those who have information on these may post in the site.
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This report summarizes information about bribe demands in India reported to BRIBEline
between July 1, 2007 and October 30, 2008. It creates a baseline for understanding the nature of
reported bribe solicitations in India.
BRIBEline, a project managed by TRACE International, Inc., is an anonymous online reporting
tool that collects data about bribe solicitations made by official, quasi-official and private sector
individuals and entities. BRIBEline is a secure, multilingual website available in 21 languages.
RESULTS
Reported Bribe Demands. Of the 96 reports in India, approximately 94% described demands
for specific dollar amounts. The value of a bribe request is provided on BRIBEline in a range of
nine US dollar amounts, from “less than $20” to “more than $500,000.” (A currency converter is
provided on the BRIBEline website.) All dollar amounts in this report are shown in US dollars.
Figure 1 shows the distribution, by amount requested, of these bribe demands. More than half
of the reported bribe demands were for $100 or less, and approximately 84% of the reported
demands were for $5,000 or less.
The number of reported bribe demands originating from government officials in India was 91%.
The greatest sources of bribe demands, in order of descending frequency, were from nationallevel government officials (33%), the police (30%), state/provincial officials and employees
(16%), and city officials (10%). A further analysis of the specific Indian ministries requesting
bribes at the national level shows that 13% of those demands originated from the national office
of Customs and 9% each were from the national offices of Taxation and Water. Bribe demands
were also reported being made from individuals affiliated with the Justice System, Visas &
Immigration, Mines & Minerals, Construction, Defense, Energy, Foreign Affairs, Forestry,
Health Services, Information/Communication and Land.
In China, a similarly high percentage of bribe demands came from government officials (85% in
China as compared to 91% in India). One significant difference, however, is that only 11% of
reported bribe demands in China came from the police, as compared to 30% in India.
The results gathered during this 16-month period reflect that the bribe demands being reported
in India are predominantly for small dollar amounts and are primarily extortionate in nature.
The vast majority of bribe demands were initiated by government officials.
Data from these reports provides initial insight into the sources and nature of inappropriate demands
and the phenomenon of bribery in India. The information captured on BRIBEline during this period
provides a baseline for measuring changes in future patterns of bribery demands in India.
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