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            Bangalore: India is still 
            perceived to be one of the most corrupt countries by Transparency 
            International in its annual corruption perceptions. The country 
            ranks 84th in the list of 'World's most corrupt nations' due to high 
            public-sector corruption. 
 India's integrity score, a major component of the survey, stands at 
            3.4 out of the highest score of 10, which indicates that the country 
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            secrecy in banking laws," said the Berlin-based group's Head 
            Huguette Labelle. The bottom five nations were Somalia, Afghanistan, 
            Myanmar, Sudan and Iraq, while the cleanest countries with ranking 
            close to perfect 10 were New Zealand, Denmark and Singapore.
 
 Even China scored 3.6 on the scale, thereby indicating slightly 
            better position than India in terms of perception of corrupt 
            countries. In India's other neighbouring countries, Nepal was at 
            143rd position much below India, Pakistan scored 2.4 claiming 139th 
            position along with Bangladesh while Sri Lanka scored 3.1 and stood 
            at 97th position.
 
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            between corruption and poverty continued to exist, jeopardising the 
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