General Information Sources

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2011.
• KPMG: Survey on Bribery and Corruption - Impact on Economy and Business Environment 2011.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2011.
• Indicus Analytics, Cato Institute & Friedrich Naumann Stiftung: Economic Freedom of the States of India 2011.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - India 2011.
• Times of India: 'Private sector graft may be made crime too: PM', 22 October 2011.
• The Times of India: ‘Thousands gather at India Gate to celebrate Anna’s victory’, 28 August 2011.
• BBC News: ‘Anna Hazare: Indian MPs back anti-corruption demands’, 27 August 2011.
• The Times of India: 'Team Anna resolute on three conditions', 26 August 2011.
• BBC News: ‘India: Activist Anna Hazare rejects anti-graft law’, 29 July 2011.
• KPMG: 'KPMG unveils survey on bribery and corruption', Press Release 14 March 2011.
• Value Notes: '6th wave of Investment Confidence Index by J.P. Morgan Asset Management in association with ValueNotes', Press Release January 2011.
• Times of India: 'Thousands march against corruption in Delhi', 30 January 2011.
• KPMG: India Fraud Survey Report 2010.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - India 2010.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - India 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - India 2010.
• CMI India: India Corruption Study: 2010.
• The Wall Street Journal: 'India's Congress Party Replaces Maharashtra Chief Minister', 10 November 2010.
• Guardian: 'Indian politicians forced to resign over corruption claims', 9 November 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - India 2009.
• Global Integrity: India Country Report 2009.
• BRIBEline: India Report 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business in India Subnational Report 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - India 2009.
• Thai Indian news: 'Enforcement Directorate registers case against Madhu Koda', 10 October 2009.
• Washington Post: 'India's economic growth accelerates to 6.1 percent', 31 August 2009.
• Newsweek: 'Singh - He might be shy, but his 100-day plan for India is strikingly bold', 6 June 2009.
• Bloomberg: 'Morgan Stanley on India trumps Goldman on China', 20 May 2009.
• BBC News: 'India has 153 tainted new MPs', 19 May 2009.
• BBC News: 'Profile: Manmohan Singh', 30 March 2009.
• The Economic Times: 'Bihar anti-corruption bill gives new powers to the government', 4 March 2009.
• AFP: 'India politicians seen as corrupt, inefficient: survey', 2 March 2009.
• Reuters UK: 'World bank names blacklisted Indian IT firms', 12 Jan 2009.
• IPS: 'Satyam Scam Questions Corporate Governance', 9 January 2009.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• Global Integrity: India Country Report 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
• Lexadin: The World Law Guide - Legislation India 2008.
• Reuters: 'Analysis - India mining law too late to catch ebbing commods tide', 14 October 2008.
• MSN News: 'Advani lambasts Manmohan on corruption', 30 April 2008.
• A.T. Kearney: FDI Confidence Index 2007.
• Transparency International India & CMS: India Corruption Study with Focus on Below Poverty Line Households 2007.
• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business in South Asia - India Country Profile 2007.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2007.
• C.J. Punnathara: 'Opinion: Corruption Dynamics in India's Growth Study, The Hindu Business Line', 2 November 2007.
• Financial Times: 'Interview with Ramachandra Guha - Muddling Along in the Middle', 15 August 2007.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - India 2006.
• ADB & OECD: Anti-corruption Policies in Asia and the Pacific: Progress in Legal and Institutional Reform in 25 Countries 2006.
• Transparency International India & CMS: India Corruption Study 2005.
• The World Bank & IFC: Investment Climate Assessment India 2004.

Corruption Levels Sources

Judicial System

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - India 2011.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - India 2011.
• BBC News: 'India judge Soumitra Sen quits before impeachment vote', 2 September 2011.
• Rediff News: 'RS to take up impeachment motion against HC judge on March 14', 22 February 2011
• India Express: 'Countdown begins to impeachment of Justice Sen, Rajya Sabha admits motion', 15 February 2011.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - India 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• The UPI Asia Online: 'India's justice undermined by corruption', 26 May 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• Transparency International India & CMS: India Corruption Study with Focus on Below Poverty Line Households 2007.

Police

• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - India 2011.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - India 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - India 2010.
• Global Integrity: India Country Report 2009.
• BRIBEline: India Report 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• The Times of India: '15 officials in judicial custody for taking bribes', 8 October 2008.
• Transparency International India & CMS: India Corruption Study with Focus on Below Poverty Line Households 2007.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2007.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
• MDRA & Transparency International India: Report on Corruption in the Trucking Operation in India 2006.

Licences, Infrastructure and Public Utilities

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - India 2011.
• KPMG: Survey on Bribery and Corruption - Impact on Economy and Business Environment 2011.
• BBC News: 'India telecoms corruption trial under way', 11 November 2011
• Hindustan Times: 'Mayawati wants CBI case closed, Centre says no', 17 October 2011.
• The Wall Street Journal: 'CBI Charges Ex-India Telecom Minister With Corruption', 10 October 2011.
• BBC News: 'Indian MP Kanimozhi arrested in telecoms scandal', 20 May 2011.
• Time: 'India to Investigate Telecom Scandal', 22 February 2011.
• Reuters: 'CBI arrests ex-telecoms min A.Raja over graft', 2 February 2011.
• CMI India: India Corruption Study: 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
• Bloomberg Businessweek: 'Dollar Bribes for India Licenses Create World's Deadliest Roads', 30 November 2010.
• Reuters: 'India government mired in giant graft scandal', 16 November 2010.
• The Times of India: 'Postmaster general held for corruption', 26 February 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - India 2009.
• Global Integrity: India Country Report 2009.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• Indiainfo: 'Naidu levels corruption charges against Andhra government', 31 March 2008.
• International Herald Tribune: 'The Indian economic boom bypasses Bihar', 19 February 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007.
• Transparency International India & CMS: India Corruption Study with Focus on Below Poverty Line Households 2007.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.

Land Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
• KPMG: Survey on Bribery and Corruption - Impact on Economy and Business Environment 2011.
• DNA India: 'Further hearing on PILs seeking Mayawati's prosecution next week', 11 January 2011.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - India 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - India 2009.
• The Hindu: 'Court rejects Mayawati's plea in Taj Corridor case', 17 November 2009.
• Expressindia: 'Another Coalition helps Maya: Of CBI and AG', 4 May 2009.
• Thaindian News: 'Supreme Court notice to government on Mayawati plea', 15 May 2008.
• Thaindian News: 'Tainted Uttar Pradesh top official gets clean chit', 17 February 2008.
• Transparency International India & CMS: India Corruption Study with Focus on Below Poverty Line Households 2007.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - India 2007.

Tax Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
• Global Post: 'India's "black money" trail', 28 January 2011.
• CMI India: India Corruption Study: 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
• Global Integrity: India Country Report 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - India 2008.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• The Times of India: 'CVC to government: Ratify UN pact on graft', 6 October 2008.
• MSN News: 'Avail of German info on rich Indians evading tax: Advani', 22 May 2008.
• Rediff News: 'Public loot since 1947: Let us bring back our money', 15 April 2008.
• Merinews: 'Is India poor, who says? Ask Swiss banks', 15 April 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2007.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2006.

Customs Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
• World Economic Forum: Global Enabling Trade Report 2010.
• CMI India: India Corruption Study: 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
• Global Integrity: India Country Report 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - India 2008.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• Transparency International India & CMS: India Corruption Study with Focus on Below Poverty Line Households 2007.
• Global Integrity: India Country Report 2006.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.

Public Procurement and Contracting

• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
• US Commercial Service: Doing Business in India: A Country Commercial Guide for US Companies 2011.
• Comptroller and Auditor General of India: Performance Audit of XIXth Commonwealth Games 2010,  Report No. 6, 2011.
• MSN News: 'India exploring ways to criminalise ''foreign bribery''', 27 September 2011.
• BBC News: 'Auditor slams Delhi Commonwealth Games preparations', 5 August 2011.
• Sify: 'Bill introduced to tackle bribery by foreigners', 25 March 2011.
• CNN: 'India makes high-profile arrests in Commonwealth Games scandal', 24 February 2011.
• Times of India: 'Former Congress minister surrenders in court', 18 February 2011.
• KPMG: India Fraud Survey Report 2010.
• The Sydney Morning Herald: 'Tax raids in India over Games graft', 29 October 2010.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - India 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - India 2010.
• Global Integrity: India Country Report 2009.
• Asia Sentinel: 'Another scandal mars Indian defense', 15 June 2009.
• The IPS: 'World Bank, India confront corruption', 13 January 2009.
• Thaindian News: 'Hospitals using infected blood: patients' rights group', 7 March 2008.
• International Herald Tribune: 'Thin ray of light shines on dark ocean of graft', 18 January 2008.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.

Environment, Natural Resources and Extractive Industry

• Global Integrity: India Country Report 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
• Asia Times Online: 'Corruption, looting cloud Kashmir's gems future', 16 May 2008.
• Transparency International India & CMS: India Corruption Study with Focus on Below Poverty Line Households 2007.
• Arleth, Karen & Krogstrup, Ea: Ship Scrapping - a Floating Scenario?, Master's Thesis in International Development Studies and TEKSAM, University of Roskilde, Denmark, 2006.
• Reporters Without Borders: 'Young journalist murdered in Assam after criticising forest warden', 10 January 2006.

Public Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources

• The Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom - India 2011.
• US Commercial Service: Doing Business in India: A Country Commercial Guide for US Companies 2011.
• Times of India: 'Private sector graft may be made crime too: PM', 22 October 2011.
• Bloomberg: 'Whistleblowers Murdered in India Show Fatal Hazard of Exposing Corruption', 19 October 2011.
• Hindustan Times: ’Private sector bribes to be criminalised’, 10 October 2011.
• The Times of India: ‘Thousands gather at India Gate to celebrate Anna’s victory’, 28 August 2011.
• BBC News: ‘Anna Hazare: Indian MPs back anti-corruption demands’, 27 August 2011.
• The Times of India: 'Team Anna resolute on three conditions', 26 August 2011.
• BBC News: ‘India: Activist Anna Hazare rejects anti-graft law’, 29 July 2011.
• The Hindu: 'India Ratifies the UN Convention against Corruption', 12 May 2011.
• BBC News: 'Is India serious about fighting corruption?', 11 April 2011.
• Times of India: 'Thousands march against corruption in Delhi', 30 January 2011.
• US Commercial Service: Doing Business in India: A Country Commercial Guide for US Companies 2010.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - India 2010.
• Legal Perspectives: 'Law-in-Perspective: Draft National Anti-Corruption Strategy unveiled', 6 September 2010.
• The Times of India: 'Cabinet approves bill to protect whistleblowers', 9 August 2010.
• Hindustan Times: 'RTI whistleblowers under attack', 25 July 2010.
• Reuters: 'India's 'revolutionary' RTI Act fails to reach the poor', 2 July 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - India 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - India 2009.
• Global Integrity: India Country Report 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• The Centre for Media Studies: Transparency Review - January-February 2009.
• ADB & OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific: India's Measures to Implement the Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia-Pacific 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
• The Times of India: 'CVC to government: Ratify UN pact on graft', 6 October 2008.
• Global Integrity Commons: 'India: Improvement? Where?', 6 August 2008.
• Transparency International India & CMS: India Corruption Study with Focus on Below Poverty Line Households 2007.
• Global Integrity: India Country Report 2007.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007.
• ADB & OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific: Anti-Corruption Policies in Asia and the Pacific: Thematic Review on Provisions and Practices to Curb Corruption in Public Procurement: Self-Assessment Report India 2005.

Private Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources

• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - India 2011.
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press - India 2011.
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press Index 2011.
• Reporters Without Borders: India Country Report 2011.
• VOA News: 'Anti-Corruption Movement in India Seen As New Political Force', 29 August 2011.
• BBC News: ‘Anna Hazare: Indian MPs back anti-corruption demands’, 27 August 2011.
• The Times of India: 'Team Anna resolute on three conditions', 26 August 2011.
• BBC News: ‘India: Activist Anna Hazare rejects anti-graft law’, 29 July 2011.
• Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - India 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - India 2010.
• Livemint: 'Gandhigiri: zero-rupee payments for zero corruption', 2 February, 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - India 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
• XPRESS News: 'Shaming the corrupt: Play it by the book', 3 April 2008.
• Transparency International India & CMS: India Corruption Study with Focus on Below Poverty Line Households 2007.
• Asia Times: 'Victories in India's war on corruption', 29 June 2006.
• The World Bank Institute: Business Fighting Corruption.