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by singhrk 2614 days ago
Any evidences on corruption or bureaucracy? Or, its just an opinion. Last few years India has specifically worked on corruption and bureaucracy. Specially in ease of doing business it has gone up from being at 100+ position to 53 in last 10 years. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ease_of_doing_business_index

Indian government can definitely improve (and so can every governments of world). But since 1991 all Indian governments are taking slow steps in the right direction, with increase transparency and lesser corruption and bureaucracy (opening up the economy, digitizing governments, simplifying taxes, right to information act)

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I am an Indian expat and can rant endlessly on government corruption in India. Most Indians living in the US are well-aware of the graft in their mother country but many Indians in India choose not to acknowledge it. A truly remarkable corrupt event occurred recently - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetis...
You posted the evidence in your own comment. India is far from the top rank (just above Mexico) and last year they were ranked near the bottom.
Indian government is still extremely corrupt. Carefully managed PR campaigns are making it seem like things have improved considerably, but the fact remains that things are still pretty bad on the ground.