| >>There is an incredible amount of systemic corruption in India. Two weekends back I was stopped by traffic police. But any way the police guy checked for licence, insurance, RC book, emission certificate, and realized there was nothing to fine. Eventually he threw a surprise by stating I was speeding, it wasn't exactly possible because they were standing at a corner, and the traffic itself was't moving above 30 km/hr. I realized his palms were itching and he wouldn't settle without getting paid. Beyond had to pay 200. Removed 500 from my pocket, he removed two bundles from two of his pockets to pay me the change. From what I could estimate from a glance, he had a good 2 lacs on him. And he had two more of his buddies with him. With puts the net collection close to 6 lacs per corner, per collection unit. Man, given how big Bangalore is, the volume of vehicles and places they can stand for collection, that is in the upper double digit crore bribe collection per day across Bangalore. And that is just from a small government unit doing a small piece of work. Across a city like Bangalore, I estimate bribe collection per day to rival a thousand crore a day at least. No hard work can beat that kind of income. These days your ordinary government engineer is worth a few hundred crore. |
It helps people understand what you're saying if you use international units like millions (of rupees).