India, believe it or not, has registered a drop in corruption!

The Global Corruption Index, a survey of 133 nations conducted by Transparency International (an anti-graft watchdog), India stood 83rd in the world. It recorded a score of 2.8 out of 10. Last year, India scored 2.7.

On the world Networked Readiness Index, India -- the land of trained IT whiz-kids and the back-office of the world -- ranks a poor 45th with a score of 3.5, in a survey of 102 countries.

India is one of the fastest growing economies, but it is still far away from curbing corruption and taking IT to the masses.

So, how do some of the other nations fare on the Corruption and IT-readiness indices? Read on...

A carrier mounted with an 'Agni-II' Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile on a float at a dress rehearsal for India's Republic Day parade in 2002.

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