Indians are second largest bribe payers in South Asia: Transparency International Survey

Fifty-four per cent of Indians who dealt with the police ended up paying a bribe in the past 12 months, according to a new survey of the six South Asian countries published on Tuesday Dec 27,2011 by anti-corruption organisation Transparency International.
The survey found that more than one in three people who deal with public services said they pay bribes. South Asians regularly have to pay bribes when dealing with their public institutions, be it to speed up paperwork, avoid problems with authorities such as the police, or simply access basic services. 
In Nepal, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, bribes were mostly paid to speed things up.