Amid a row over bribery charges against Chennai Customs, former Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said corruption remains a deeply entrenched part of India's business ecosystem. He described bribery as a "common practice" that both officials and traders quietly accept as the system's working reality.

"What has come out is a very common sort of business practice in India," Garg said while speaking to India Today. "I am sorry to say, but that's a fact." Advertisement

Garg explained that such corruption usually stays hidden because both sides - government officials and businessmen - understand and accept it as the norm. "It remains under covers. It doesn't come out in the open because both sides, the government officials as well as the businessmen, understand that that is the way to d

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