The anatomy of corruption

Though Indians are familiar with the corruption story, readers will be bewildered by the incredible story Debroy and Bhandari narrate — of the public “servants” involved in welfare schemes ingeniously playing their sordid roles, mulcting the exchequer and hurting the hapless intended beneficiary. Endemic and all-pervasive, with “its tentacles deep into not just organs of the state but with strong links with media, civil society, and even the electorate”, corruption “has eaten into the edifice of the state”.

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