According to many Indian nationals and Indian immigrants to U.S and Canada , there home country is one of the most corrupt nations in the world. Many say that things don’t get done until someone is bribed…sounds a lot like Washington politics.
Here is a quote:
“From the time of birth until death, nothing will move in India without paying bribe.”
Below are some statistics:
- 85% of Indians had first-hand experience of paying bribes or influence peddling to successfully complete jobs in public office.
- Criminalization of Indian politics is a serious problem. In July 2008 The Washington Post reported that nearly a fourth of the 540 Indian Parliament members faced criminal charges, “including human trafficking, immigration rackets, embezzlement, rape and even murder”.
- India tops the list for black money in the entire world with almost US$1456 billion in Swiss banks (USD 1.4 trillion approximately) in the form of black money. According to the data provided by the Swiss Banking Association Report (2006),
- India has more black money than the rest of the world combined.
- Indian Swiss bank account assets are worth 13 times the country’s national debt.
- India’s traditionally ruling family’s (Gandhi’s) financial net worth to be anywhere between $9.41 billion (Rs 42,345 crore) to $18.66 billion (Rs 83,900 crore), most of it in the form of illegal monies.
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