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New Delhi: A corruption survey by the Centre for Media Studies (CMS) has revealed that since 2005, overall percentage of rural households which paid bribe in any public service during the last one year preceding the survey has come down from 56% to 28%. The figure, though, remained high in Chhattisgarh (55%), Bihar (52%), Kerala (46%) and Maharashtra (40%).
The 2010 round of the survey which is the seventh edition of the Centre’s studies on corruption, covered 10,000 rural households in 12 major states. The four public services covered in this round are public distribution system (PDS), school education (up to class XII), water supply services and hospital services. The full study with foreword by NAC member Aruna Roy and Lok Satta chief Jayapraksh Narayan will be released on April 29. The percentage of rural households that paid bribe during the last one year was relatively higher in PDS (11.5%) followed by hospital (9.0%), school (5.8%) and water supply (4.3%).
About 4-6% of rural households were deprived of these public services as they could not afford to pay bribe. Curiously, going by the outcome budget document of the union ministry of rural development, the total expenditure made under MNREGS during the year 2010-11 in states such as Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra is equal to or less than the total amount (Rs 471.8 crore) paid as bribe by the rural households in the 12 states surveyed, says highlights of the survey released by CMS.
The survey also claimed that the general perception about corruption in public services has shown a declining trend between 2005 and 2010 with 70% in 2005, saying there is an increase in the level of corruption in public services against only 45% after a five-year gap.
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