At the end of 2011, India’s coalition government adjourned the upper
chamber of the federal legislature without passing legislation that would have
created an independent anti-corruption agency. India was a the time rife with
governmental corruption. A college wants its foreign students protected from
crime? A payment is made to local police employees, who pocket the money for
themselves. Someone wants a government contract? Well, that goes without
saying.
The full essay is at "Anti-Corruption and Federalism in India."
The full essay is at "Anti-Corruption and Federalism in India."
Source:
Jim
Yardley, “Bill
to Create Anticorruption Agency Stalls in India,” The New York Times,
December 30, 2011.