The reality is that because India is a democratic country with a free press, there is an overperception of Corruption compared to its reality. If you look at the actual numbers by an independant firm like GFI for example. Indian illegal money outflows dont' even reach in the top10 and is dominated by authoritarian regimes
Top 10 countries with the highest measured cumulative illicit financial outflows between 2000 and 2009 were:
China ............................................. $2.74 trillion
Mexico ............................................ $504 billion
Russia ............................................ $501 billion
Saudi Arabia ................................. $380 billion
Malaysia ........................................ $350 billion
United Arab Emirates................... $296 billion
Kuwait ............................................ $271 billion
Nigeria ........................................... $182 billion
Venezuela ..................................... $179 billion
Qatar .............................................. $175 billion
Poland ............................................ $162 billion
Indonesia ....................................... $145 billion
Philippines .................................... $142 billion
Kazakhstan ................................... $131 billion
India ................................................ $128 billion
Chile .............................................. $97.5 billion
Ukraine ......................................... $95.8 billion
Argentina ...................................... $95.8 billion
South Africa .................................. $85.5 billion
Turkey............................................ $79.1 billion
And just for 2009 the estimates were
China ............................................. $291 billion
Saudi Arabia ................................. $82.3 billion
Poland ........................................... $66.3 billion
Malaysia ....................................... $46.8 billion
Mexico .......................................... $34.6 billion
Nigeria ......................................... $33.4 billion
Russia ........................................... $23.4 billion
Indonesia ...................................... $20.5 billion
United Arab Emirates .................. $19.5 billion
Venezuela ..................................... $18.8 billion
Iran .............................................. $18.1 billion
Azerbaijan .................................... $14.3 billion
Chile ............................................. $13.1 billion
South Africa ................................. $12.9 billion
Vietnam ....................................... $12.5 billion
Philippines .................................... $12.1 billion
Argentina ..................................... $11.7 billion
Thailand ....................................... $10.8 billion
Romania ...................................... $10.0 billion
Ukraine ........................................ $9.8 billion
Global Financial Integrity - Despite Global Financial Crisis, Illicit Financial Outflows from Developing World Remain High