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28. Regulations, like constitutions, mean nothing, if they are not acted upon.

Globally, 27% people say they paid bribe when accessing public services and institutions in the last 12 months.

In India however, the number of people who did the same was 54% - over 1 in two citizens.

Political parties have been found to be the most corrupt institution in India with a corruption rate as high as 4.4 on a scale of 5 (1 being least corrupt rate and 5 being highest).

The highest amount of bribe however was collected by the police - 62% followed by to those involved in registry and permit (61%), educational institutions (48%), land services (38%). India's judiciary has also been found guilty - 36% involved in bribes.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-09/india/40468760_1_global-corruption-transparency-international-huguette-labelle

Such corruption and evasion of regulations is not news to anyone who follows events in India.

Ask the Indian social activist Anna Hazare about how effective regulations are when the entire government is corrupt. If regulations are not enforced, which, if you pay a bribe they will not be, then there are regulations only for the poor, and not for the rich. In short, no regulations - or, if you prefer, no meaningful regulations for those willing and able to pay. Not unlike our own country in that respect, just more widespread and open.