On September 29, 2013, India’s Narendra Modi vowed to eradicate corruption. He blamed Manmohan Singh’s government for making India a laughing option. India needs a dream team and not a dirty team in 2014 and people must consider it during an election. Now you must be thinking, what does corruption mean? Moreover, why did Mr. Singh’s government made India an option to be laughed at? So, let me make it easier for you to understand. We should understand the meaning of corruption first.
Corruption is a form of dishonesty or criminal offense undertaken by a person or organization entrusted with a position of authority, to acquire illicit benefit or abuse power for one's private gain, according to Wikipedia. In a nutshell, corruption is a dishonest behavior performed by an individual or organization for their own benefit. India has the highest bribery rate in Asia according to the Global Corruption Barometer published by Transparency International on Anti-Corruption Day, December 9. Gandhiji believed that separation of Ends & Means is the cause of corruption in public life & responsible for evils like IMPERIALISM & FASCISM.
1. Bribery
2. Misuse of Official Position.
3. Conflict of interest.
4. Vote buying.
5. Influence peddling.
6. Nepotism.
7. Trading in expertise and insider trading.
8. Illegal Financing of Political Parties.
9. Revolving door effect.
BRIBERY
bribery is defined as Black’s Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or another person, in charge of public or legal duty.
Bijay Ketan Upadhyay, an IAS officer, the director of state horticulture, detained for demanding and accepting a bribe for rs1 lakh from a company that was empaneled by the state government to supply sprinklers to eligible farmers under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee yojana (PMKSY).
MISUSE OF OFFICIAL POSITION
Misuse of official position can be understood as making, taking, or performing an act that eventually going to benefit the decision-maker or his/her relatives or anyone else close to him.
A customs official confiscates a pirated products and starts using them for himself or someone close to him. The story of Satyendra Dubey can vividly provide us an insight that powerful persons misuse their position for their own benefits.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Conflict of interest can be defined as a disequilibrium between official duties and personal interest. The person cannot overcome his personal interest and eventually performs the task according to his interest.
For instance, a son is performing his mother’s work at a ministry.
VOTE BUYING
Vote-buying means a candidate promises to the voters to vote in favor of him because he will provide various gifts or anything else to the voters after winning the election.
For instance, candidates make promises that they will provide saris or smoked fish to the voters if they vote in favor of them.
INFLUENCE PEDDLING
A police officer uses his or her official position to get a debt of his friend from a third person.
NEPOTISM
Nepotism means preferring one’s close relation. For instance, a municipality hires his close relative as a constructive advisor.
TRADING IN EXPERTISE AND INSIDER TRADING
Insider trading means knowing some important news of a company before it’s getting a place into the public domain and that news will affect the price of that company’s shares.
1. Insufficient salaries paid to employees: Government or non-government employees often face a problem of fewer salaries paid to them, which eventually indulg
2. Lack of morale or ethics: Lack of morale or ethics plays a vital role in the occurrence of corruption. People often forget about morale knowledge they got while they were in schools. For avoiding this, government or private entities should focus more on providing moral knowledge and ethics. In addition, they should also teach employees to follow the code of conduct strictly.
3. Lack of awareness: In India, there is a maximum number of people who are unaware of their rights, which motivates a corrupt person to cheat an innocent by taking more money than required.
4. Lack of employment: somehow and somewhere, accept it or not, less employment is the crucial problem of corruption in India. Due to no jobs or security, a person often involves themselves in corruption to secure his and his family’s lives.
5. Lack of transparent laws and processes: Lack of transparent laws and processes give an opportunity to businesspersons to take advantage of it. We can take the example of Vodafone India, where Vodafone International Holdings B.V. (VIH) acquired 67% interest in the Indian telecom company Hutchison Essar Limited (HEL) for $11 billion.
There are many more reasons for corruption in India, which government and common people should work upon, like excessive regulations, monopoly of government-controlled institutions, etc.
VARIOUS CASES OF CORRUPTION
COMMONWEALTH GAMES SCAM: In 2010, the Commonwealth Games (CMG) Scam, involving around 70,000 crores. It was estimated that only half of the allotted amount was spent on Indian Sportspersons. The athletes were allegedly asked to shift to the shabby apartments from the very apartments were allotted by the authorities. Reports of the Central Vigilance Commission, in-charge of the investigation of the CWG scam revealed that Suresh Kalmadi, the chairman of the organizing committee of the Games offered a contract of Rs 141 crore to Swiss Timings for its timing equipment which was unnecessarily high by Rs 95 crore.
COAL SCAM: In March 2012, a draft report accused the government of inefficient allocation of coal blocks between 2004 and 2009. With the allegation against UPA-2, Manmohan Singh said he would quit his job if proven guilty. Simultaneously, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) ordered a CBI inquiry into the allegations. It all started when some coal blocks which were not in the production plan of Coal India Ltd and the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), were identified and a list was prepared. A total of 216 blocks were allocated between 1993 and 2010, but some were taken away at different points in time. In the end, the number of allocated blocks stood at 194. The report of CAG expressed that if this corruption did not happen, the profits would be Rs. 10.7 lakh cr.
2G SPECTRUM SCAM: The story began on 16th November 2010, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) came out with its report on the issuance of licenses and allocation of 2G spectrum by the Department of Telecom. Vinod Rai was the head of CAG at that time. He revealed that the spectrum had been sold at a lower price than required causing a loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore to the exchequer. Moreover, a license had been issued to the incapable applicants who disclosed incomplete documents, submitted fictitious documents, and used fraudulent means for getting licenses and spectrum. The CAG report also revealed that the license owners sold significant stakes to the domestic/foreign companies at a high premium within a short period. The premium earned by these new telecom sectors was estimated to be the true value of the spectrum. In a free and fair bidding process, these profits should have accrued to the public exchequer.
HOW TO REDUCE CORRUPTION IN INDIA
1. Increment in salaries to employees.
2. Provide morale or ethics training during the job.
3. Raise the value of natural resources and government contracts.
4. Quality education is the first and foremost aspect to reduce corruption.
5. Government processes must be made transparent like for every payment, use online mode of transaction which will reduce corruption.
6. Corruption treatment must be made effective.
7. Citizens should fight against corruption.
The Above given suggestions are not enough to eradicate corruption in India. There are needed to take various measures by the Government and Citizens as well. What measures should be taken according to you?
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