Corruption in India has got wings not wheels, with its growing economy the level of corruption has also increased. . Corruption is a consequence of the nexus between Bureaucracy, politics and criminals.The various means of corruption include graft, bribery, embezzlement, back door deals, nepotism, patronage, and statistical falsification For 2010, India was ranked 178th of the countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, which was a huge setback from the preceding year.
An international watchdog conducted a study on the illicit flight of money from India, perhaps the first ever attempt at shedding light on a subject steeped in secrecy, concludes that India has been drained of $462 billion (over Rs 20 lakh crore) between 1948 and 2008. The amount is nearly 40% of India's gross domestic product.
Besides India keeps herself updating on media on corruption scandals, Common wealth Games (CWG, now also known as Corruption wealth games), 2G Scam, Indian premium League(IPL), Adharsh Scam , Satyam Scam and many more to name. Corruption exists even while distributing relief to the disaster affected people .e.g. During the Tsunami reliefs and Orissa cyclone's the there were a lot of corruption. It did exists in allotting money to the families of the dead soldiers of the country.
One of the main reason for corruption in India is due to massive population which is impossible to control. Complex laws and pending cases in the court, discourages its citizens to ask for help. Corruption reaches its peak during the election time where big Industrialists fund the politicians and expect favors in return after they gain power.Another major set back is that the younger generation is more tolerant towards corruption as they are used to it, this may affect all the future citizen's ethics and moral conduct. In order to get elected, politicians bribe poor illiterate people, who are slogging for two days meal a day. Politicians are interest oriented rather than concentrating on national oriented programs and policies.
China on the other hand In 2009, China ranked 79 out of 180 countries on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. Corruption has a corrosive impact on our economy as it hampers development. It worsens our image in international market and leads to loss of overseas opportunities
The government of India is trying to decrease corruption by implementing laws like Right to Information Act and many other organization like Computerization, Ombudsmen, Whistle blowers which help in reducing the level of corruption. Government should allow independent bodies to take charge because most of the time the CBI & CID are under influence and hence does not give a clean picture of the case. Creation of Anti-Corruption Police and Courts
An international watchdog conducted a study on the illicit flight of money from India, perhaps the first ever attempt at shedding light on a subject steeped in secrecy, concludes that India has been drained of $462 billion (over Rs 20 lakh crore) between 1948 and 2008. The amount is nearly 40% of India's gross domestic product.
Besides India keeps herself updating on media on corruption scandals, Common wealth Games (CWG, now also known as Corruption wealth games), 2G Scam, Indian premium League(IPL), Adharsh Scam , Satyam Scam and many more to name. Corruption exists even while distributing relief to the disaster affected people .e.g. During the Tsunami reliefs and Orissa cyclone's the there were a lot of corruption. It did exists in allotting money to the families of the dead soldiers of the country.
One of the main reason for corruption in India is due to massive population which is impossible to control. Complex laws and pending cases in the court, discourages its citizens to ask for help. Corruption reaches its peak during the election time where big Industrialists fund the politicians and expect favors in return after they gain power.Another major set back is that the younger generation is more tolerant towards corruption as they are used to it, this may affect all the future citizen's ethics and moral conduct. In order to get elected, politicians bribe poor illiterate people, who are slogging for two days meal a day. Politicians are interest oriented rather than concentrating on national oriented programs and policies.
China on the other hand In 2009, China ranked 79 out of 180 countries on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. Corruption has a corrosive impact on our economy as it hampers development. It worsens our image in international market and leads to loss of overseas opportunities
The government of India is trying to decrease corruption by implementing laws like Right to Information Act and many other organization like Computerization, Ombudsmen, Whistle blowers which help in reducing the level of corruption. Government should allow independent bodies to take charge because most of the time the CBI & CID are under influence and hence does not give a clean picture of the case. Creation of Anti-Corruption Police and Courts
i think one of the prime reasons that corruption even prevails in india is because government employees are underpaid and their full potential is untapped. besides, government jobs are considered to be permanent, so undue advantage is taken of it. now, its too late to revoke these privileges so we need to come up with an entirely new system to combat it!!
india could so much further if it weren't for the deadly enemy known as corruption! so many people have written about it...but no one is ready to take action!
we all have to join hands and put an effort to stop corruption. i always believe 1 whisper with thousand other will create a roar! cooperate together and emerge as winners!!!