Truckers pay $6.7 bn in bribes a year; same as Arunachal's 5-yr infra spend

Trucks account for 69% of countrywide freight traffic in India, according to the Economic Survey 2018-19, and contribute about 3.06% to gross value additio

More than half of Indian truckers have paid a bribe in the course of their work, as per a survey conducted by the SaveLIFE foundation. The annual bribe amount in trucking operations stands at around Rs 47,852.28 crore ($6.7 billion), nearly as much as the amount the government spent on setting up infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh over five years, as per the study.

Their lives are so stressful and unfulfilling that 84% of truckers surveyed said they would not recommend this job to their family, said