India falls two slots on global corruption index

Condition of journos worse in corrupt nations, says index

India’s rank on the Corruption Perception Index fell two notches to 81 in 2017 from 79 in 2016,  Transparency International  (TI) said on Wednesday.

The Berlin-based non-government body ranked 180 countries in 2017, against 176 in 2016. The index ranks countries and territories by perceived levels of public sector corruption, on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). 

India’s score remained intact at 40 points. It had 38 points in 2015.

This year, the index scored more than two-thirds of countries below 50, with an average score of 43. This meant India's score remained below average.

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