There are FAR more than a million bribeable government workers in India. According to the ILO there were 55 million public sector employees in 2014. [1] It isn

There are FAR more than a million bribeable government workers in India. According to the ILO there were 55 million public sector employees in 2014. [1] It isn't clear what percentage of them work in jobs that involve interaction with the public / businesses (and are therefore bribeable), but I would guess 50%, not 2%. There are quite a few other factors to this calculation, though. Quite often, bribe receivers pay a portion to their managers (who aren't directly bribeable but make hiring and promotion decisions). This happens in property registration offices for instance. Also, not everyone bribeable actually takes bribes. There's a significant number that don't. For instance many postal workers and doctors don't take bribes. Finally, bribes are very unequally distributed. A minister might get paid $100m, and bribes would basically form 100% of their income. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_public_sector#cite_ref-India_14-0 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_public_...