Corruption in India is no longer an exception- it is the rule, embedded into the very operations of the state and normalized across sectors and classes. It spans from routine administrative delays to elaborate scams involving powerful corporate and political alliances.This issue of Conversations in Development Studies by the Centre for New Economic Studies(CNES) aims to trace the multiple forms corruption takes and critically explore how it evolves, adapts, and endures despite waves of reform and activism.

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