How to control corruption

1. HOW TO CONTROL CORRUPTION

2. Corruption today can be called a malaise attached to the largest democracy of the world i.e. India. From getting your birth certificate to your driving license to getting a loan passed to build your home, nothing goes without giving a bribe The citizens have become so accustomed to it that the dividing lines between the corrupt and non-corrupt are merging.

3. CORRUPTION By definition, corruption can be called a problem of routine deviation from the established norms set by public officials and parties.   Later in 2012, India was ranked 94 th  out of 176 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, tying with countries like Colombia, Djibouti, Greece, Mongolia, etc.

4. Ways To Reduce Corruption: The first tool is ‘education ’ : With the help of education we can reduce corruption. According to a survey conducted by    India today  the least corrupt state is Kerala, the reason being that in Kerala literacy rate is highest in India. So we can see how education effects education  This suggests that if we are educated, we can understand our rights well.

5. We need to change the government processes : If the members of the governing body are government officials, there will certainly be less reports of the criminal cases. The reverse may be possible only when there are no more criminal politician in our government .  In India there is a provision that   no person as a criminal shall be allowed as a Member of Parliament or member of legislative. Unfortunately a fairly large number of them are a part of it.

6. We can reduce corruption by increasing direct contact between government and the governed:- E-governance could help a lot towards this direction. In a conference on ,   “ Effects of Good Governance and Human Rights”  organized by    National Human Right Commission,   A. P. J. Abdul Kalam gave an example of Delhi metro rail system and online railway reservation as good governance and said that all the lower courts should follow the explanation of the Supreme Court and High Court and make the judgments online. S imilarly , Sivraj Patil said that the Right to information should be used for transparency. We have legal rights to know any information. According to this act, (Right to Information act 2005), generally people should follow the procedure of law given to then when their work is not being implemented in a proper way in public services. This act is a great help in the order to control corruption.

7. Lack of effective corruption treatment is another reason : That means, instruments which are in use, are not running properly. For example Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 came into force on 9 th  September, 1988. But corruption is still flourishing. Why? Because of weak actions and proceedings towards corrupt people. People don’t have any fear of this act and the court.  The act may thus be revised for its better implementation.

8. Lack of transparency and professional accountability is yet another big reason:   We should be honest to ourselves. Until and unless we will not be honest, we can’t control corruption. If each of us is honest towards our profession, then corruption will automatically decrease. We need to pay attention towards professional accountability i.e., how much we are faithful and truthful towards our profession. Corruption may be controlled by handling five major professions : Â   lekhpal , medical, revenue, police and judicial.

9. Few Examples for corruptions in India Indian Coal Allocation Scam –  2012  –  Size 1.86L Crore While many think that 2G scam remains the biggest one in size in India. But this coal allocation scam dwarfs it by the amount involved. This scam is in regards to Indian Government’s allocation of nation’s coal deposit to PSU’s and private companies. The scam happened under Manmohan Singh government and came out in 2012 . The basic premise of this scam was that wrongful allocation of Coal deposits by Government without resorting to competitive bidding, which would have made huge amounts to the Government (to tune of 1.86 Lakh crore ). However, the coal deposits were allocated arbitrarily.

10. 2) 2G Spectrum Scam – 2008 – 1.76 L Crore We have had a number of scams in India; but none bigger than the scam involving the process of allocating unified access service licenses. At the heart of this Rs.1.76-lakh crore worth of scam is the former Telecom minister A Raja – who according to the CAG, has evaded norms at every level as he carried out the dubious 2G license awards in 2008 at a throw-away price which were pegged at 2001 prices . In some respects, this remains the biggest scam in India if you consider the inflation. The 2G spectrum allocation happened 5 years earlier than Coal Scam which came out in 2012. The cases are still going on against many people including A. Raja, M. K. Kanimozhi and many telecommunication companies as well.

11. Bofors Scam – 1980s & 90s – 100 to 200 Crore : The  Bofors scandal  is known as the hallmark of Indian corruption. The Bofors scam was a major corruption scandal in India in the 1980s ; when the then PM Rajiv Gandhi and several others including a powerful NRI family named the Hindujas , were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply India’s 155 mm field howitzer . The Swedish State Radio had broadcast a startling report about an undercover operation carried out by Bofors , Sweden’s biggest arms manufacturer, whereby $16 million were allegedly paid to members of PM Rajiv Gandhi’s Congress. Most of all , the Bofors scam had a strong emotional appeal because it was a scam related to the defense services and India’s security interests

12. Places where corruption occurs Land & Property Tendering processes and awarding contracts Medicine Science and technology Income tax department Preferential award of mineral resources

13. Driver Licensing Trends Anti-corruption laws in India : Public servants in India can be penalised for corruption under the Indian penal code 1860 Prosecution section of Income Tax Act, 1961, The prevention of corruption act 1988 The   Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act 1988  to prohibit benami transactions . Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002

14. conclusion Accordingly, we conclude that there was corruption of the system of government in the sense that it failed to withstand pressure determinedly applied to it by experienced developers, it failed to protect the planning system from excessive internal pressure, both political and professional, and it failed to detect officers who Equally clearly we find that there was no evidence of corruption in the ordinary sense of corrupt payments, gifts or other considerations and therefore the suspicions and consequential smears in this regard can be dispelled.