8 charts that show that corruption is still a way of life in India

• A report by Transparency International India and Local Circles shows that more than half of Indians pay bribes.
  
• Most of the bribes are being demanded by the police, for property registration, municipality, and transport department.
  
• Citizens claim ‘it was the only way to get work done’.
  

It’s no secret that corruption is a rampant issue in India. Even though there’s been some improvement — India still ranks 78th out of 108 countries on the Corruption Perception Index.

More than half of the people in India pay bribes to state and local officials because ‘it was the only way to get work done’, according to a survey by Local Circles and Transparency International India.

They gathered 190,000 responses at national and state levels to ascertain the corruption faced by normal citizens — and it doesn’t look like the situation is improving.

These 8 charts that show that corruption is still a way of life in India: