00999nam a22001217a 4500008004100000100004200041245011900083260004500202300003600247520046300283650008600746773004500832260519b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSingh, Tanuja Megha and Kumar, Pawan   aCorruption, gender and the paradox of freedom in INDIA: Why gender matters in anti corruption policy and strategy?  aBihar Journal of Public Administration    a22(2), Jul-Dec, 2025: p.283-297  aThis paper examines the practice of democracy in contemporary India through the interrelated lenses of corruption, gender and freedom. It argues that democratic governance in India has largely been shaped by a liberal rational understanding of freedom that priorities Institutional procedures and formal equality, while  paying comparatively limited attention to the everyday social conditions through which freedom is experienced by citizens. –Reproduced   aCorruption, Gender, Democracy, Freedom, Political, Participation, Viksit Bharat.   aBihar Journal of Public Administration