Top 10 Most-Complained-About Government Departments in India
Editorial Team·5/23/2026·2 views
Based on Transparency International and citizen survey data, here are the departments Indians report the most bribery in.
Year after year, the same departments dominate citizen complaints. Land registration, police verification, RTO licensing, electricity new-connection, municipal building permissions, ration shops, judiciary clerks, public hospitals, school admissions and tax assessments lead the list.
What the data suggests is that the institutions where citizens have no choice but to interact — and where there is discretion combined with low scrutiny — are the ones with the highest bribery rates.