A recently conducted survey has revealed that 45% of citizens have admitted paying bribe in the last one year and most bribes were paid to police, municipality and towards property registration.
When it comes to bribe, cash still remains the primary mode of transaction, the survey reveals.
While 51 % of the respondents said that their state or local govt has not taken any steps in the last 1 year to reduce corruption, only 9% said that their state has a functional hotline for reporting corruption.
Almost 36% respondents admitted that bribery was the only way to get their work done.
Another survey published in March 2017 by the Transparency International had stated that India is the most corrupt country in Asia. The survey was later tweeted by the official handle of Forbes.
Depicting how pervasive the problem is across Asia, the list released by Forbes - Asia's Five Most Corrupt Countries - said that India beats Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan and Myanmar, when it comes to bribery rate.
The Forbes article, which rated India the highest in the list with 69 per cent bribery rate, described India as: "In five of the six public services - schools, hospitals, ID documents, police, and utility services - more than half the respondents have had to pay a bribe."
The article went on to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his 'fight against corruption,'.
