India Today

When i was reading today's paper i came across the term 'The World Giving Index(WGI) and was shocked to see India at the 134th position.This index is based on study done by Gallup Wolrdview , the poll is based on three questions (charitable acts undertaken in the past month)

 # donated money to an organisation?
 #volunteered time to an organisation?
 #helped a stranger, or someone they didn’t know who needed help?

It should be noted that giving money or time to an organisation could include political parties /organisations as well as registered charities,community organisations, and places of worship.

Australia and New Zealand shared first place, Canada ranked third and the US tied for fifth, in a first of its kin survey ranking 153 nations. India ranked 134th and China ranked near the bottom in 147th position(both are developing countries).

 In most countries surveyed, 1,000 questionnaires were completed – in telephone and face-to-face interviews– by a representative sample of individuals living in urban centres. Margins of error ranged from plus or minus 5.3 percentage points in Lithuania to plus or minus 2.6 percentage points in India.

Its very pathetic to see India at the bottom half of this index, where are we going? If we don't help our fellow citizen, how are we going to progress as a nation.As this index proved that those who help others are really living their life happily, giving is life whether finance or time .

How India fared:

Giving Money : 14%

Giving Time    : 12%

Helping Stranger: 30%

The important thing to note here is only 12% of Indians spend sometime for others which is very minimal even when compared to our neighbor Sri Lanka (52%). This is how we as Indians specially the youth fared, of course we cant judge everyone by this survey but still they generosity and the helping mind of our people in general are declining.

Another report by Transparency International , the global  anti-graft body, puts India 84th on its corruption perception index with a 3.4 point rating, out of a best possible score of 10. Mr.Pratyush Sinha, retired Central Vigilance Commissioner, told to Mint news paper that 20% of Indians were "honest" regardless of the temptations,because this is how they are.The have a conscience.There would be around 30% who would be utterly corrupt.But the rest are the people who are on the borderline.  He also quoted " if somebody has a lot of money, he is respectable.Nobody questions by what means he has obtained that money" which is true,everyday we are seeing people like them but dared to question them.

There must be a system to control the government employee's power because most of the corruption starts from there only.If the civil servants are corrupted , then everything will collapse that is what happening in India specially in villages where even the Village officers misuses their powers.