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Analyse socio-cultural consequences of corruption and suggest remedial measures for curbing it.

  • UPSC 2004
  • Sociological Thinkers

Corruption, the abuse of public office for private gain, is not only an economic leakage but a social relationship embedded in kinship, caste, patronage and everyday dealings with the state. India scored 39/100 and ranked 91st of 182 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2025, still below the global average of 42.

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