Corruptions at its peak at local level: CIAA report

KATHMANDU, November 17: The annual report of the Commission of Investigation for Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has indicated that Nepal has the highest level of corruption at its local level followed by the provincial level.

According to the report submitted to President Bidya Devi Bhandari, as many as 32.72 percent of complaints of corruption filed at the commission are against the local level. Besides, 15.61 percent of complaints are related to the education sector, 9.09 percent are related to Land Offices, 5.01 percent are related to the environment and forest sector, 3.93 percent to health and population, 3.76 to physical infrastructure and transportation, 3.47 to the home ministry, 3.09 to energy and water resources and 2.09 percent to finance ministry.