01197pab a2200181 454500008004000000100001700040245010800057260000900165300001300174362001100187520068300198650002300881650002400904650001500928700001800943700002000961773003400981180718b2012   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aPethe, Abhay  aUnravelling the anatomy of legal corruption in India: Focusing on the 'honest graft' by the politicians  c2012  ap.55-62.  a26 May  aCorruption in India is ubiquitous and may be broadly classified as illegal and "legal". This paper delves into the typology of legal corruption, which, apart from abuse of discretionary powers and tactical law and policymaking, includes use of the information advantage by politicians to make private gains. Analysing the growth rates in assets of some politicians in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, it finds that they are much higher than the market growth rate. The paper recommends enforcing greater transparency by disseminating information on all transactions conducted by politicians and implementing broad-based reforms to bring about system-wide changes. - Reproduced.    aCorruption - India  aPoliticians - India  aCorrupiton  aGandhi, Sahil  aTandel, Vaidehi  aEconomic and Political Weekly