{"id":230213,"date":"2023-03-07T20:05:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T14:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=230213"},"modified":"2023-03-10T08:08:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T02:38:47","slug":"petty-ugly-costly-karnataka-is-proof-how-much-small-corruption-hurts-india-reputationally-ultimately-economically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/petty-ugly-costly-karnataka-is-proof-how-much-small-corruption-hurts-india-reputationally-ultimately-economically\/","title":{"rendered":"Petty, ugly &#038; costly: Karnataka is proof how much \u2018small\u2019 corruption hurts India, reputationally &#038; ultimately economically"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cPetty, ugly &amp; costly: Karnataka is proof how much \u2018small\u2019 corruption hurts India, reputationally &amp; ultimately economically\u201d <\/strong>published in <strong>The Times of India <\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>7th March 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus<\/strong>: GS \u2013 2 \u2013\u00a0 Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>: About petty corruption in India.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">News<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">: Successive raids in Karnataka have unearthed huge sums of money stashed through petty corruption.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>About petty corruption in India<\/h2>\n<p>Big-ticket \u2018scams\u2019 dominate the conversation about corruption. But the research estimates suggest that petty corruption in India is bigger than \u2018scams\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, in 2020, a report based on a survey on corruption in Asia concluded that India has the highest rate of bribery and use of personal contacts in accessing public services.\u00a0Many of the respondents indicated that was the only way to access services such as government documents.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note<\/strong>: India ranked 85th out of 180 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index, 2022, with a score below the global average. Within India, Karnataka has a poor record.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>What is the reason for increased petty corruption cases in India?<\/h2>\n<p>The reasons include <strong>a)<\/strong> information asymmetry, <strong>b)<\/strong> poor grievance redressal mechanisms, and <strong>c)<\/strong> the disproportionate power of different arms of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Speed money is one of the most common manifestations of the system as the bureaucracy is not going to be penalised for delays.<\/p>\n<h3>How one can tackle petty corruption?<\/h3>\n<p>Two quick ways in which Karnataka and other states can deter petty corruption is to i<strong>mplement both RTI and state Right to Service<\/strong> <strong>Acts<\/strong>. This will help offset information asymmetry and minimise the opportunities for speed money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cPetty, ugly &amp; costly: Karnataka is proof how much \u2018small\u2019 corruption hurts India, reputationally &amp; ultimately economically\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a07th March 2023. Syllabus: GS \u2013 2 \u2013\u00a0 Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability. Relevance: About petty corruption in India. News: Successive raids&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/petty-ugly-costly-karnataka-is-proof-how-much-small-corruption-hurts-india-reputationally-ultimately-economically\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Petty, ugly &#038; costly: Karnataka is proof how much \u2018small\u2019 corruption hurts India, reputationally &#038; ultimately economically<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10496],"class_list":["post-230213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}