India Against Corruption
Introduction
Corruption in India is perhaps the greatest enemy India is facing. According to a research India has been drained of nearly $462 billion between 1948 and 2008, which is nearly 40% of India’s gross domestic production. The Commonwealth Games and the Adarsh society scam are all various examples of the widespread corruption in India at all levels of government: from the Panchayati Raj to the Central Government, although preventive measures have been taken against corruption. One of the major problems is the criminalization of politics. Nearly one fourth of the Indian parliament members have previous criminal charges, some even as serious as murder. In the lower levels of the Government it is even worse.
As most of the members of the Parliament have shoddy pasts, bribery has become another major problem. Acceptance of bribes started in the departments of Transport, Medicine, Income tax and other minor fields.
The outcome of corruption is a vast topic. In government hospitals, the majorities of medicines is fake or sometimes are not even available! Insubstantial material is used for the construction of roads and buildings. The roads are not able to withstand the monsoons while the buildings threaten to collapse. Death Certificates are not granted to the family of the deceased unless they pay generous bribes to the officials. Officials are often associated with the theft of private property and land. These are barely a few outcomes of corruption.
Today, India is up in arms against corruption. It has taken preventive measures against corruption and slowly it is improving. India has introduced the Right to Information Act (2005) which requires the government officials to dispense the information requested by the citizens or face dire consequences. Now, not only the government is fighting against corruption but private corporations have also joined the fight.
Peer reviewed refrences
Several articles have been written about the corruption and its effects
Corruption in India is perhaps the greatest enemy India is facing. According to a research India has been drained of nearly $462 billion between 1948 and 2008, which is nearly 40% of India’s gross domestic production. The Commonwealth Games and the Adarsh society scam are all various examples of the widespread corruption in India at all levels of government: from the Panchayati Raj to the Central Government, although preventive measures have been taken against corruption. One of the major problems is the criminalization of politics. Nearly one fourth of the Indian parliament members have previous criminal charges, some even as serious as murder. In the lower levels of the Government it is even worse.
As most of the members of the Parliament have shoddy pasts, bribery has become another major problem. Acceptance of bribes started in the departments of Transport, Medicine, Income tax and other minor fields.
The outcome of corruption is a vast topic. In government hospitals, the majorities of medicines is fake or sometimes are not even available! Insubstantial material is used for the construction of roads and buildings. The roads are not able to withstand the monsoons while the buildings threaten to collapse. Death Certificates are not granted to the family of the deceased unless they pay generous bribes to the officials. Officials are often associated with the theft of private property and land. These are barely a few outcomes of corruption.
Today, India is up in arms against corruption. It has taken preventive measures against corruption and slowly it is improving. India has introduced the Right to Information Act (2005) which requires the government officials to dispense the information requested by the citizens or face dire consequences. Now, not only the government is fighting against corruption but private corporations have also joined the fight.
Peer reviewed refrences
Several articles have been written about the corruption and its effects