In graft-plagued India, a "crisis of political credibility"
Posted on November 15, 2011
Corruption is widely blamed for the parlous state of India's infrastructure and its services. As India ranked number 87 in Transparency International's index on corruption in 2010, the passage of a robust anti-corruption legislation is certainly the need of the hour. But one must not expect too much from the anti-graft bill as experiences from across the globe raise apprehensions around ‘just ’a law eliminating gambling, corruption or other unethical practices...