Corruption in other states of India is Chinese style corruption where you make money from the output of the investment made by either the government or the private corporations.  When that happens, even though there will be inequality in society, people, in general, will also benefit at some level.  However, I have always maintained that corruption in Bihar is Africa like corruption where money disappears into some black hole at the input level, at the very source in the food chain.  And that money is spent on conspicuous consumption by the politico-bureaucratic elite, like a few shiny hulking SUVs, opulent farmhouses, holidays abroad etc. etc.  This kind of corruption not only hollows out the institutional ability of the executive, but also corrodes the state from within, and leaves it like an empty shell.