Corruption Free India for a Developed

Nation

A plump man, wearing a ravishing lotus coloured shirt, covered by a rich purple suit, sits in front of
the police inspector, with the ever so arrogant ‘rich person smile’. Behind them, in a faintly lit jail
cell, stands an evidently poor man whose face resembles Dido’s when she held a willow by the sea
banks. The poor man was being framed for something the opulent man must be punished for.

Scenes like this take place every day in India. Corruption is a coin with many faces and one such face
is the situation described here.

Corruption affects everything, including the quality of life and economy of a country. This brings us
to the topic at hand, “Corruption Free India for a Developed Nation”.

Wikipedia defines a developed nation as a country with a high quality of life and developed
economy. When corruption affects both, how can a country be developed while corruption is
rampant? The right questions to ask to begin dealing with corruption are : Why is corruption so
rampant? Why is it so hard to eliminate corruption?

Why is corruption so rampant? A lot of factors are at play here including feeble civil involvement at
positions of power, little transparency between the government and the people, low monetary
freedom of the people. Quoting Plato, “Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished
by being governed by those who are stupider.” One of the biggest steps against feeble civil
involvement is democracy, as the basic pillars of democracy stem from the involvement of people in
deciding who gets to authority. ”If
corruption is a disease, transparency is an essential part of its treatment” this quote from Kofi Annan,
the former UN secretary-general shows the relationship between transparency and corruption.
Corruption in India strikes the poor with most vigour. Since poor people are already facing
truckloads of problems trying to fill up their stomach, they cant really take noticeable action against
the corruption they face. This is why a lot of corruption that ends in wrongdoing goes unnoticed.

Why is it so hard to eliminate corruption? The huge extent of corruption means radical steps must
be taken to resolve it. Radical steps have radical consequences, as we saw during the fateful night
of November 8th, 2016; queues outside every bank.
“Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves” This quote by Vladimir Putin highlights
another reason fighting corruption is hard; to fight corruption you must be free of corruption, and to
not be corrupted in this corrupted world is a mountain of a task.

Setting aside all these issues, the depth of a corruption free state is much deeper than just being
corruption free. When India is corruption free, the values surrounding the nation are also pristine, as
envisioned by our great forefathers. A corruption free state would ensure the discipline of the
general public and it would lead to a happier country, leading to lower crime rates, increased
prosperity, greater sense of security and control.
These emotions are often related to god and rightfully so, because people believe in god. When
there is a corruption free government, people will believe the government, invoking similar feelings
of trust, control, happiness.

All this would favour the development of India further.

Hence for a developed India, we start with A CORRUPTION FREE INDIA!

JAI HIND!