Corruption-free India for a developed nation

What is Corruption?

The term ‘Corruption’ is defined as the abuse of entrusted power for

personal or private gain. Corruption has become so widespread that it is
broken down into several categories. Dishonest activities commonly
engaged in include bribery, embezzlement, and the hiring or
advancement of certain people for private or political gain.

Corruption in India 👉🏻

Status of Corruption in India –

Corruption Perception Index: It scores countries by “perceived levels of
public sector corruption, according to experts and business people”. On
a scale of 0 to 100, 0 is highly corrupt, while 100 is very clean.

India scored 40 on the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and was
ranked 85. This was, however, not India’s worst performance on the
index.
As per the India Corruption Survey 2019, 51% of the respondents
admitted to paying bribes. Rajasthan and Bihar fared the worst in the
country with 78% and 75% of respondents admitting to paying bribes.

Causes Of Corruption –
 Legacy issues–

1. Rampant poverty and empty funds of the government at

the dawn of independence led to chronic low salaries of
government officials.

2. Pre-liberalization license permit raj facilitated the

corruption. The lack of economic freedom led to abuse of
the system.

 Political system

1. Use of black money in elections to win at any cost, creates

the need for the recovery of that cost through malpractices.

2. Election funding is not transparent making it prone to the

usage of black money

3. Criminalization of politics - when the rule-breakers become

rule-makers, the casualty is the rule of law.

 Judicial delays

1. Delays and dying away from the corruption cases at the

judicial level due to lack of evidence or faulty investigation.

 Social problems

1. The mindset of the citizens that don’t look at the problems

seriously and even accept them as a necessary part of the
system

2. Increasing consumerism in the new middle class that is ready

to bribe to get things done.
 3. Failure of social morality, and education system to inculcate
the values.

Impact of Corruption on the Nation –

 Hindrance to Development

 Economic Loss

 Harmful to National Security

 Social Sector losses

 Questions on the legitimacy of the System

Recent Cases of Corruption in India (in 2022) –

 Recently Morbi Tragedy has shocked us. The falling of the historic
bridge shocked the world. The avarice of humans took at least 140
lives.

 Charity Scandal: ED has recovered assets worth 1.77 crores from

journalist Rana Ayyub under the money laundering act.

 School Service Commission Job Scandal: ED has recovered ₹49.8

Crores cash, gold worth ₹5.07 Crores, ₹56 lakhs worth of foreign
currency and coded diaries from properties related to Partha
Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee.

Steps towards becoming corruption free –

 Electoral reforms
 1. Barring the criminals from even participating in the
election.
2. Imposing limits on the overall expenditure of the
political parties.
3. Declaring paid news, a criminal offence.
 Administrative reforms
1. Establishing the Civil Service Board to curb the
excessive political control over the administration
2. Reducing the hierarchy levels in the governments
 Governance reforms
1. E-GOV, apart from advancing the good governance
objectives of accountability and transparency, also
seeks to reduce the manual interface between state
and citizen thus preventing the incidences of bribery.
2. Digital India projects like Government e-Marketplace
must be implemented.
3. Enactment of the right to service acts.
 Social sector improvements
1. Awareness of citizens by training them in the RTI act,
and Citizen’s charter
2. Increasing democratization of the masses.

👉🏻 Since these reforms are implemented effectively, India’s

CPI Index has increased from 2012 to 2021.
By Laksh Surana
E-Mail Address – lakshyashvi123@gmail.com
Class – 10th Mobile No. - 9429827313