The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India.

It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles, establishes the structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions, and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles, and the duties of citizens. It is the longest written roughly constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing 450 articles in 22 parts, 12 schedules and 96 amendments, for a total of 117,369 words in the English language version.

Here are some facts about corruption in India: India ranks 70 in the corruption index 2006 In all public services; police are perceived to be the worst, followed by judiciary Bribe Payer Worst performer among 30 countries in Bribe Payer Index

Thirty-six per cent of Indians paid bribes to the legal system in 2006 The estimated the amount paid by Indians as bribes to the legal system at about Rs 2,630 crore (Rs
26.30 billion). The majority of the bribes went to lawyers (61 per cent) followed by court officials (29 per cent) and middlemen (five per cent).

`The greatest sources of bribe demands, were from national level Government officials (33%), the police (30%), state/provincial officials and employees (16%), and city officials (10%) respectively .

Do you know which of the two Indian ministries ask for bribe more than other? They are Customs office (13%) and Taxation and Water (9%).

The total spending for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections is pegged at a whopping Rs. 10,000 crore.The breakup of this spending throws up some interesting insights too.

Rs 1,300 crore (Rs 13 billion) by the Election Commission Rs 700 crore (Rs 7 billion) by the Centre and state governments Rs 8,000 crore (Rs 80 billion) were spent by political parties and individual candidates

I was planning to start a small export oriented software unitwith another friend.we financed this project through our savings. My friend being a Project Manager, planned out this whole thing quit well and found a perfect place to set-up this business too. Everything looked great until we witnessed the insane amount of time it took for us to get paperwork done. We made 100s of rounds to government offices, to get the license. We like many others did not want to go through the route of bribery, but finally we succumbed to the pressures and spent nearly Rs. 1,75,000/- ($4,500) and 60 days, when our work should have been done in only Rs. 25,000/-($550) and 15 days.)