The India Corruption Research Report 2025 (ICRR 2025) presents a comprehensive analysis of corruption trends across political, administrative, judicial, and corporate spheres. The findings highlight a disturbing pattern: corruption in India is increasingly systemic, deeply embedded in governance structures, and closely tied to democratic backsliding. This year’s research reveals how the weakening of institutional safeguards — such as judicial independence, bureaucratic neutrality, financial oversight, and electoral transparency — has created an environment that allows corruption not only to persist but to evolve into more sophisticated and concealed forms. Rakesh RamanResearcher and Editor