Depends on how you perceive corruption. In my view bailing out banks which took excessive risks and plunged the world economy into disaster is a form of corruption. In western countries, as in a lot many cases, if companies make a profit, it is theirs and if they make a loss, it is transferred to the tax payers. That is a case of the rich predating on the poor. At least if you are caught encouraging that in India, you can, in most cases, kiss your political/government career good-bye. In western countries that happens openly. If slum children die due to corruption in India, then people in some countries die because they cannot afford the expensive healthcare in western countries where money was spent on compensating for the irresponsible actions of some rich finance professionals instead of helping the needy.
Like a hurricane takes its energy from the ocean, the type of corruption we have in India takes its energy from poverty. A lot of that problem could be taken care of if we, like some western countries, start attacking/harassing resource rich countries. But that is not in our culture. Check history!
When something is in short supply, it is natural for people from any country to resort to "seemingly" unfair means to get ahead. The advent of p2f is an example of this. Jobs in short supply so.........
20 years back you could not touch a govt. minister in India. Today sometimes all it takes for one to be fired is an accusation. Public/media vigil is strong enough to keep the government on back foot. Judiciary is sometimes annoyingly over active. Remember, this is a country where once a powerful Prime Minister was made to step down from her position by a High Court judge.
Statecraft is such a complex task that there is not enough space to discuss it over here. I would end by saying that India is still a relatively young democracy. Western democracies took centuries to mature. Compared to these countries, India has shown remarkable progress in a short time. I feel very confident that the present generation would take India back to her days of glory. More importantly, being a "soft" and peaceful state, India would ensure not just her own progress but the whole world's progress.
It is just that some people choose to highlight only the negatives. Read more about India and you will find a lot many more positives.