₹1.5 LAKH CRORE
EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR.
This is your money. Through taxes. Through bribes. Through inflated prices. And it's going into politicians' pockets. Swiss banks. Farmhouses. Foreign trips. All on your expense.
Let Me Do The Math For You
₹1.5 lakh crore stolen annually. India's population is 140 crore.
₹1,07,000 per person per year.
You work 12 hours for ₹15,000. Money equivalent to 7 months of your salary is being STOLEN from you every year. Not directly - indirectly. Through bad roads, broken hospitals, missing teachers, inflated contracts.
This isn't a scam. This is an industry. This is a system. And you're part of this system - both victim and enabler.
Numbers You Should Know
Annual Corruption
Conviction Rate
Pending Cases
Your Annual Bribe
Criminal MPs
Political Corruption: The Business Model
Which Party is Good?
"BJP is honest, Congress is corrupt."
"Congress is secular, BJP is communal."
"AAP is different."
"Regional parties understand local issues."
They're all thieves. EVERY SINGLE ONE.
The only difference is which scam they're involved in. And you ignore your favorite party's scams while highlighting others'. That's how they survive. Through your loyalty.
Hall of Shame (Incomplete List)
- 2G Scam: ₹1.76 lakh crore. Congress era.
- Coal Scam: ₹1.86 lakh crore. Congress era.
- Commonwealth Games: ₹70,000 crore. Congress.
- Vyapam: Thousands of fake degrees. BJP state.
- Delhi Liquor Scam: AAP. The "honest" party.
- Saradha Scam: TMC. West Bengal.
- Fodder Scam: RJD. Bihar.
- Electoral Bonds? Whoever donated got favors. Legal corruption.
These are just the famous ones. This is happening in every state, at every level, in every party.
Election Business Model
Understand how this business works:
- Investment: Spend ₹10-50 crore on election. Buy votes, run ads, hire muscle.
- Win: Won? Good. Government contracts are yours.
- Return: In 5 years, make ₹100-500 crore through kickbacks, land deals, tender manipulation.
- Repeat: Use the money to invest in next election.
This isn't politics. This is private equity with extra steps.
Lok Sabha 2019 Cost
- Total spent: ₹60,000 crore
- World's most expensive election
- Per voter spend: ~₹700
- Source of money? "Donations" wink wink
ROI Expectations
- ₹10 crore invested → ₹100 crore return
- Government contracts guaranteed
- Land deals approved
- Cases dismissed
- Basically legal immunity + profit
Criminal Politicians - By The Numbers
Lok Sabha 2024 has 543 MPs. Out of these:
- 233 MPs have criminal cases (43%)
- 157 MPs have SERIOUS criminal cases (29%) - murder, rape, kidnapping
- Multiple MPs are accused of crimes against women
These aren't allegations. These are court-registered cases. Pending.
And you voted for them. Knowingly. The information was available BEFORE the election. ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms) releases data for every constituency. You ignored it. Because "your candidate" was running.
Reality Check: If your office was such that 43% of employees had criminal cases, would you work there? No. But Parliament is fine? Absolutely.
Bureaucratic Corruption: Daily Extortion
Politicians do big scams - in crores. But bureaucrats take from you directly - ₹100 at a time. Daily.
Need a birth certificate? ₹200. Death certificate? ₹500. Register property? ₹10,000-50,000. Need a license? ₹1,000. Want anything from the government? Pay up.
These services are FREE by law. Your taxes are for this. But you still have to pay. Double taxation - official and unofficial.
Daily Scenes
Traffic Police
No helmet? ₹100 official fine or ₹50 bribe. Your choice. 99% of people pay the bribe. "Saves time."
RTO Office
Want a license? Through agent ₹2,000-3,000. Without agent? Go 10 times, still uncertain if it'll be issued.
Municipal Office
Building permission? 6 months official time. With agent? 2 weeks. Agent's fee? ₹50,000+. Goes straight to the official.
The Math
Average Annual Bribe
₹4,400 per person. That's official estimate. Real number probably double or triple.
National Total
140 crore × ₹4,400 = ₹6.16 lakh crore in bribes alone. Not counting big scams. Just small bribes.
Your Contribution
Every time you pay a bribe, the system gets stronger. You're the funder of corruption.
Meanwhile, In China...
China's Approach
- Big corruption? Death penalty. They actually execute.
- Xi Jinping has punished 1.5 million officials
- Ministers, governors, generals - no one escapes
- Trial fast. Punishment faster.
- Public trials are broadcast
- Property confiscated, family watches
Our Approach
- Big corruption? Bail. Party switch. Elections.
- Cases run for 10-20 years
- Evidence "gets lost"
- Witnesses "die" (Vyapam style)
- Conviction rate less than 5%
- Thief becomes minister again
The point isn't that China is perfect.Human rights violations exist, there's no freedom, it's authoritarian.
The point is they at least deliver. Corrupt official caught? Punished. Our system? Corrupt official caught? Out on bail. Next election? Gets a ticket. Wins? Minister again.
Communists at least have accountability. The "world's largest democracy"? Zero.
Now The Uncomfortable Part: Your Fault
Everyone blames politicians. It's easy. But let me ask you:
- Traffic police stopped you? Did you pay the bribe or get a proper ticket? Be honest.
- While voting, did you check the candidate's criminal record? Or just looked at the party?
- Got something done through an agent? Passport, license, property? Where does the agent's money go?
- Someone demanded a bribe and you filed an RTI? Made a complaint? Or said "it happens" and paid up?
Corruption isn't just politicians. You fund it. You enable it. You normalize it. Then you become the victim too.
As long as there's demand, there'll be supply. As long as you keep paying, they'll keep taking. Simple economics.
The Uncomfortable Truth
We get the government we deserve. It's a cliché but it's true.
You vote for a thief - you get a thief. You pay bribes - the system stays corrupt. You stay silent - wrong keeps happening.
Want change? It starts with you. Otherwise keep complaining. Nothing changes.
Case Studies: How They Loot
2G Scam - ₹1.76 Lakh Crore
2008. Telecom minister A. Raja sold 2G spectrum licenses - at 2001 prices. In 2008. Fraction of market rate.
Companies that weren't even in telecom got licenses. Shell companies. Overnight telecom giants. Later sold to foreign companies at proper rates. Profit? Theirs. Loss? Yours.
Result? CAG estimated ₹1.76 lakh crore loss. Court case ran. 2017 - everyone acquitted - "insufficient evidence."
₹1.76 lakh crore scam. Zero conviction. System working as designed.
Vyapam - When Witnesses Started Dying
Madhya Pradesh. Professional exams - medical, engineering, government jobs - all rigged. Pay money, get seat. Thousands of fake admissions. Fake doctors treating patients. Let that sink in.
When the case opened, something interesting happened - witnesses started dying. 40+ deaths. "Heart attack," "accident," "suicide." Journalists too. Whistleblowers too.
Result? Some low-level arrests. Big fish? Safe. Still in politics.
When witnesses die mysteriously, you know the rot goes deep. Very deep.
Electoral Bonds - Legal Corruption
2018 brought a scheme. Companies can donate to political parties anonymously. No one knows who's giving to whom.
Perfect setup. Company donates to Party A. Party A comes to power. Company gets contracts. Connection can't be proven because it's anonymous.
Supreme Court declared it illegal in 2024. But by then ₹16,000+ crore worth of bonds had been sold.
This wasn't corruption hidden. This was corruption legalized. By your government.
What It Costs You - Daily
Direct Costs
- ₹4,400 average annual bribe (official estimate)
- Inflated prices - contractors bid 30-40% higher to cover bribes
- Delayed services - time = money
- Poor quality - roads that break in 1 year
Indirect Costs
- Brain drain - best people leave
- Foreign investment reduced - companies don't trust the system
- Economic growth slower - money doesn't go to productive use
- Social trust broken - everyone assumes everyone is corrupt
Real cost? Immeasurable.
Your child's school has no teacher because the posting was sold. The hospital has no doctor because the seat was sold. There's a pothole on the road because the contractor used substandard material and the inspector took money.
This is the real face of "₹1.5 lakh crore corruption." It's not abstract numbers. It's the pothole that breaks your bike. The hospital that can't treat your mother. The school that can't teach your kid.
"I created spies to catch corrupt officials. You created the CBI - which is a pet dog that barks at whoever the master points to. Your anti-corruption agencies need anti-corruption agencies."