Transparency International ranked India 85th out of 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index report. The report highlighted concerns about weakening mechanisms to combat corruption in India, with stagnant scores over the past decade. There are worries about the country’s democratic status as freedoms and checks and balances deteriorate.
The Corruption Perception Index (CPI) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to rank countries based on public sector corruption, with 0 being highly corrupt and 100 very clean. India received a CPI score of 40. In 2021, India maintained its ranking at 86th with the same score.
The report also raised alarm about the safety of journalists and activists in India, who face attacks from various sources including police, political militants, criminal gangs, and corrupt officials. Civil society organizations that criticize the government are targeted with security, defamation, hate speech, contempt-of-court charges, and restrictions on foreign funding.
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