“Corruption Perceptions Index”

India falls at the 78th spot with a score of 41 – The 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index or the CPI reveals that most countries are failing to fight corruption. Alarmingly this year’s survey is also indicating that corruption is contributing to a crisis of democracy around the world. The CPI measures levels of corruption in 180 countries and territories around the world using a scale of 0-100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.