london rbi governor raghuram rajan today said he finds it easier to file his tax returns in india as compared to in the us he also asserted that developed nations must do their part in tackling the problem of corruption as money taken out illegally from developing countries often find its way to places like london replying to a question on whether corruption in india remained a big issue the outspoken central banker said it is an important tax on the system which impedes good decision making and impedes economic growth stating that it has come down significantly in india rajan gave examples of railway ticketing and the tax department i think technology helps as for example we moved to automated railway ticketing the corruption there has come down substantially and the touts no longer squeeze all the supply and sell them separately income tax has been automated you dont have to go to the income tax inspector to get your money back i find it easier to file income tax in india than filing my us income tax he said to the amusement of many present during a discussion at the chicago booth school of business here rajan said there is a very strong upsurge against corruption in india we have sort of a free press which tries to unearth some of these instances we have a public which is fed up with petty corruption i think the government has taken a number of steps to increase transparency in contracts in allocations this has been a process of the last few years and i think we are in a much better place than we used to be so the grandlevel corruption has diminished somewhat has the corruption been extinguished absolutely not there is a lot of work that needs to be done he added he was asked about the controversy over the uk prime minister david cameron being caught on camera telling the queen that the anticorruption summit here would see leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to britain rajan replied i dont think it is necessarily cultural there are certain aspects of what one might call corruption in one culture which is not seen as corruption in another but this idea of i will do the wrong project if you pay me enough money is not something any society will welcome as an appropriate behaviour with regard to india the central banker said the country was tackling the issue at various levels there is more way to go and there are examples of the countries that have tackled corruption very effectively and we need to learn from them singapore is one example at the same time let me also stress that the fight against corruption does not begin and end in the developing countries it also requires support of the countries like the uk and us a lot of money that is taken out shows up in places like london or in places elsewhere and therefore the