Corruption is a subject of intense debate, discussion and guesswork in India. Even as estimates have been made about the extent of corruption in India, the real magnitude might be far bigger than all the reports have suggested so far. This brief discusses the current state of corruption in India and recommends measures and policy reforms. Data used in the brief are from both primary sources such as the income-tax department, as well as media reports. While the figures may seem preposterously large, three recent developments make them plausible: first, the attempts on the part of the income-tax department to justify such figures as data-entry errors; second, the court’s refusal to hear the matter when it came up as a petition; and third, the government pushing amendments to the Foreign Contributions Regulations Act in March 2018, which were then passed without debate.