Corruption in India

Corruption is today a world-wide phenomenon. A corrupt person is dishonest in his dealings. The last

two decades of the existence of independence, India has seen a steep upward trend in the graph of existing corruption. The media and the public are all buried in highlighting the rampant corruption in every sphere. These days even rural people are also very well aware of the malpractices in the highest of levels of all places. Anything that is below all standard norms of morality in a country, is called as corruption and corrupt practices. These norms are a fixed standard in any given society, and when these are broken we say that, a society is getting corrupted. This corruption as we see it today is not a development that has come overnight, it has been a continuous process for the last several decades and, to day it has seeped into the very blood stream of the system. Today the country of the legendary Harischandra, the honest has reached the position of one of the top ten or so of corrupt countries of the world. The corrupt practices have now become our lifestyle to such an extent that, we do not seem to feel that there is anything wrong in what all we are doing. When we start thinking that corruption is a must, then I feel that the situation has reached a point of no correction. This present apathy shows how far the degradation of our values have reached, and how low the system has dipped. Where are politicians like Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, and above all, the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi? It appears that India has stopped producing men and women of such integrity. The politicians, being the highest level of our society is seen to have become most corrupt in the last two decades. From this topmost layer, corruption has percolated to all levels and in all spheres of activities, and all this sure enough because it suits the politician. The politician has encouraged the bureaucrat to be corrupt, and in turn the bureaucrat has enjoyed the protection of the politician, in all his nefarious activities. From the senior bureaucrat the virus of corruption has slowly and steadily seemed down to the lowest levels of functionaries. This has become a totally corrupt and incorrigible institution. The Indian society in all its entirety is corrupt to the core, and now corruption is like a drug, without which the addict finds it difficult to survive. With this slow and steady and continuous spread of the fangs of corruption, today the situation is such that, there is no place or activity which is bereft of the fruits of corruption. Now, corruption has become our way of life and to uproot it is a Herculean task. The tentacles of corruption can be dealt with only with an iron hand, and above all, must start cleaning from the top echelons of society. However, as we have seen umpteen times, this does not happen. Our experience shows that, as soon as a big name is involved in any corruption case, there is a lot of hullaballoo for some time, and it all dies down with the passage of time and the corruption continues unabated. How This is the main reason why there is never any breakthrough in any scam. When the senior can not be punished how can there be any cleaning at the bottom. It would not even be fair to punish the lower rungs of the ladder when the higher rungs continue to bask in the sunshine of their riches. So, at present, the situation is of who will bell the cat? Everyone knows who the corrupt are but, the irony of our system is such that no one can be touched. Irrespective of the status of the wrong doer everyone, big or small, high or low, must be dealt with an iron hand, and that also at a fast speed.

CORRUPTION ITS ERADICATION

The word 'corrupt' means 'utterly broken' and we usually use this term in cases of abuse of public office for private gain. Countries like India, Bangladesh, Kenya etc. are some examples of corrupt countries. It's a serious problem and for solving any problem, we have to find its root and in this case it seems to be poor governance and lack of education. The politicians, being the highest level of our society is seen to have become most corrupt in the last two decades. Where are politicians like Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, and above all, the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi? It appears that India has stopped producing men and women of such integrity. India has recently been rocked by a series of scams starting with the 2G Spectrum Scam, Adarsh Housing Scam, CWG (Common Wealth Games) Scam and so on. India, despite being the world's largest democracy, ranks 88th out of 102 countries for corruption. Due to too much greed, many people (especially politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen) have started putting their interests completely over those of their society. The poor are adversely affected by their selfish actions. Complete eradication is not possible and the government alone can't do much on this behalf. It's up to the people to shed their resignation and helplessness and to play an active role in corruption eradication. The scams/scandals have never been of such a massive scale before and it's high time people take an initiative or active interest in the matters that affect them. WikiLeaks creator, Julian Assange has managed to create a spark globally, now in India, it's up to the citizens, mainly the youth, to carry out the fire, the forest being CORRUPTION. Irrespective of the status of the wrong doer everyone, big or small, high or low, must be dealt with an iron hand and that also at a fast speed. ***END***