Even with new laws and claims of reduction in corruption, most citizens see bribery continuing as before

In 2018, the Indian government identified corrupt employees in the Finance Ministry and relieved them of their duties.

The government repeated this same exercise this year with the tax department.

It needs to continue to do this in order to reduce the incidence of corruption and set a precedent of intolerance against bribery, the report said. Transparency International India also recommends that the same level of vigilance should be employed by state governments to reduce corruption at their level.