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India's Law and Order

India's enduring legal institutions, which are deep-rooted in the principles of democracy and justice, ensure a transparent, predictable and secure environment for business and foreign investment. One might tend to think that India has rampant Crime and Corruption problems, but facts speak a little differently.

Corruption

Corruption in India might still be rampant and people (mostly those in government) and embarrassing stinks like the Volker scandal, continue to be on the take. But to everybody’s surprise, Corruption Perception Index, a survey released by Transparency International, an anti-corruption watchdog, said corruption has decreased marginally in India and it has ranked the country 88th among 159 nations. The survey is not just limited to the monetary value of petty corruption. It also includes public services and states.

Corrupt Countries of the World (19 October 2005)
Source: Transparency International's Corruption Perception Ranking of 159 countries

Country	Most Corrupt Countries rank	Score (out of 10)
Bangladesh Chad Turkmenistan Haiti Myanmar Pakistan Afghanistan Nepal India China Sri Lanka	158 158 157 156 155 144 117 117 88 78 78	1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.9 3.2 3.2
Country	Least Corrupt Countries rank	Score (out of 10)
USA UK Netherlands Iceland Finland New Zealand Singapore	17 11 11 - - - -	7.6 8.6 8.6 9.75 9.75 9.75 9.75

Crime

At least 8 million people are being held in prisons and jails around the world, more than half of them in the United States, China and Russia.

Worldwide Prison Statistics (May 2001):
Sources: Worldwatch Institute, US Bureau of Justice & Britain's Home Office Research

Highest Rates	Rates of imprisonment per 100,000 population
Russia USA Ukraine S. Africa Uzbekistan Canada China Turkey France	687 682 413 321 258 115 109 95 90
Lowest Rates	Rates of imprisonment per 100,000 population
Japan Bangladesh Nepal India Indonesia	39 37 29 24 20

Note - Fortune magazine and US Department of Justice peg US incarceration rate at 481 per 100,000 residents

In absolute numbers too, USA, China and Russia each have atleast six times more prisoners than India.

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