The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
Religious leaders in India do not enjoy immunity from the corruption tag with a survey showing today that 71 percent people see 'some or all of them' as corrupt, though police tops the chart at 85 percent.
The anti-corruption watchdog has said that companies in emerging markets have "pathetic levels of transparency", but Indian companies are better of the lot.
Recent data shows that an increasing number of Indians and Pakistanis are opting for the 'golden visa scheme'. This scheme grants British citizenship to any person who invests up to 2 million pounds in British assets
A survey by Transparency International UK says Indian companies, especially those that have been in the field for quite a few years need to do much more.
Transparency, it's a commodity sorely lacking in most multi-national companies the world over. That's the word from Transparency International, which has studied 105 of the world's largest listed companies, including India's own Reliance Industries and ONGC, reports CNBC-TV18's Ronak Jain and Sumit Lakhotia.
Chinese and Russian firms are the most likely to pay bribes while operating abroad, and the most corrupt sectors are public works contracts and construction, according to Transparency International's latest "Bribe Payers' index".
Chinese and Russian firms are the most likely to pay bribes while operating abroad, and the most corrupt sectors are public works contracts and construction, according to Transparency International's latest "Bribe Payers' index".