India's most and least corrupt states in Radiff, Sept 5, 2008

Transparency International rates the states in to 4 categories:

September 5, 2008

India has a dubious distinction when it comes to corruption as indicated by Transparency International. In the Global Corruption Index, a survey of 180 nations conducted by TI (a Berlin-based anti-graft watchdog), India came down from 72nd to 85th.

China, on its part, has led a group of nations which have marched ahead of India with an improved image, according to the latest survey by TI.

India's integrity score this year is 3.4, down from 3.5 in 2007, says the survey. Its score in 2006 was 3.3. Till last year, India shared the slot with China.

Now find out which are India's most and least corrupt states. A survey conducted by Transparency International-India and the Centre for Media Studies in New Delhi has for the first time released the list of India's most and least corrupt states.

The survey puts India's states into four categories: Alarmingly Corrupt; Very Highly Corrupt; Highly Corrupt; and Moderately Corrupt.

• Alarmingly Corrupt:
• Bihar: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide1.htm
• Jammu & Kashmir: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide2.htm
• Madhya Pradesh: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide3.htm
• Uttar Pradesh: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide4.htm
• Very Highly Corrupt:
• Karnataka: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide5.htm
• Rajasthan: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide6.htm
• Tamil Nadu: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide7.htm
• Highly Corrupt:
• Chhatisgarh: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide8.htm
• Delhi: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide9.htm
• Gujarat: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide10.htm
• Jharkhand: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide11.htm
• Kerala: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide12.htm
• Orissa: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide13.htm
• Moderately Corrupt
• Andhra Pradesh: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide14.htm
• Haiyana: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide15.htm
• Himachal Pradesh: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide16.htm
• Maharastra: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide17.htm
• Punjab: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide18.htm
• Uttarakhand: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide19.htm
• West Bengal: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/05slide20.htm