The Institute for Ethics and Economic Policy (IEEP) Fordham University is a renowned Jesuit institution with over 165-year history of emphasis on ethics.	To promote Governance with Respect Ethics Accountability and Transparency (GREAT) INDIA Join a Discussion site, where you can click on “New Topic” or try this link Transparency International’s corruption rank for this country in 2000=69, corruption perception index =2.8. The rank in 2001 has slipped to 71 with index=2.7, suggesting that corruption is getting worse. We HONOR following for their work for GREAT (Governance with Respect, Ethics, Accountability and Transparency) in India § Tarun J. Tejpal, Editor-in-Chief, tehelka.com for revealing corruption in the Department of Defense in India and cricket match fixing. § Mr. Anna Hazare, a well-known Gandhian style corruption fighter from Maharashtra. § N. Vittal, Chief Vigilance Commissioner, New Delhi, who said that 2,000 names of tainted officers from All India Services will be posted on his website. (Times of India, Jan 29, 2000, report of Vittal’s interview with Z-TV network). Article by Mr Batuk Vora on Vittal. Article by A, K. Diwanji of New Delhi about Mr. N. Vittal. Since Mr. Vittal named prominent politicians including L. K. Advani, the Union Home Minister for possessing “unaccounted money,” BJP wants to define functioning of Central Vigilance Commission. (India Abroad, Feb. 25, 2000, p. 14). Photo of N. Vittal and H. D. Vinod from Jan. 2001 trip.
Articles and general Information sources relevant for India. Includes articles by H. D. Vinod, Links to Indian newspapers, and Links to anti-corruption institutions, newspapers, etc. For example, read about the following: Jan. 26, 2001 earthquake deaths and injuries were excessive due to shoddy construction by builders and corrupt building inspectors who gave them occupancy certificates. See below for links to latest All-India Corruption News and news from individual States. Some Pictures (cartoons) created by an accomplished artist named Deven Kotwal of Pune, India, depicting corruption images Kanetkar, et. al. (1999) Recommendations to speed up police Investigations and court. Summary of recommendations All-India Corruption News Miscellaneous Regional News India has 28 States and 6 Union Territories. Detailed Census information is available at www.censusindia.net Click here for official names of these states and contact information to various State chief ministers by regular mail. Andhra Pradesh 1 item Assam Bihar 1 item Delhi several items Gujarat Haryana Jammu and Kashmir 1 item Jharkhand Karnataka 1 item Kerala Maharashtra 4 items Madhya Pradesh 1 item Miscellaneous Regional News Punjab 1 item Rajasthan Tamil Nadu several items Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Contact India Embassy at http://www.indianembassy.org/ Information for contacting chief ministers of various States. Information for contacting home ministry of central Govt. Using Art to fight corruption, Reviews of Indian movies dealing with corruption, etc. We honor Nana Patekar for his movies The Index of Economic Freedom (by Driscoll-Holmes-Kirkpatrick) for 2001 places India in the “Mostly UnFree” category with a rank of 133 (Ranks range from 1 for Hong Kong to 155 for North Korea, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 1, 2000). H. D. Vinod’s trimmed correlation analysis indicates that countries free from economic regulation are less corrupt. After allowing for some exceptions by 20% trimming, the correlation is near 0.9. India is ranked below China and Bangladesh due to bureaucratic regulations strangling the economy. Links to Indian newspapers and other sources including articles.		Recent news. Worldwide corruption Country Index has links to stories and information about corruption and governance in alphabetically listed geographical regions and countries. Quick Links to USA, China, India, Indonesia Resources , which track corruption and provide information on good governance from around the world. Quotes or One-Liners against corruption. A Jingle-bells type poem against corruption in Hindi language. Corruption Info Exchange Description of our Project. FIEEP Home Fordham Economics Faculty Fordham University
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