01186nam a22001577a 4500999001900000008004100019100004900060245011900109260004500228300003600273520046300309650009300772773004500865942000700910952011100917  c533380d533380260519b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSingh, Tanuja Megha and Kumar, Pawan 960666  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. 960667  aBihar Journal of Public Administration    cAR  00102ddc40709408556aIIPAbIIPAd2026-05-19h22(2), Jul-Dec, 2025: p.283-297pAR138875r2026-05-19yAR