Government Defence Integrity Index (GDI)

The Government Defence Integrity Index (GDI) produced by Transparency International Defence & Security, is the world’s leading assessment of corruption risks in government defence institutions.

• The GDI assesses five key corruption risk areas: financial, operational, personnel, political, and procurement. In order to provide a broad and comprehensive reflection of these risk areas, the Index assesses both legal frameworks (de jure) and implementation (de facto), as well as resources and outcomes in some areas.
• The GDI provides a framework of good practice that promotes accountable, transparent, and responsible governance in the defence establishment.

The parameters of Index are:

India Related Findings: According to the findings of index for 2020, India with a score of 50 falls in band C and faces moderate corruption risk across its defence institutions.

Institutional safeguards to corruption are strongest with regards to personnel management where codes of conduct are strong and formal payment systems are robust.

However, limited external oversight of financial management and policy-making, combined with poor transparency in the procurement process significantly increase the risk of corruption.