How to eradicate bribing system and burgulary in Indian doen by all government officials?
The main reason in india for delay in all kind of government work is the JOB SECURITY which the take it for granteed they do not have any tension for his future life and enjoy the jop position and make wrong use of it and lots of money by harassing the genral public of all levels.if the job security is removed the officials have to work to be marked himself for good work and the system of working will be more faster.The genral public of india will not have to pay bribe bcoz at that time it will be need of the officials to complete the work on time and look towards the problems of the public and if they fail to do their ascertain work they will be thrown out as their would not be any jobsecurity.
Why the government officials are more rich than the common people?
Bcoz of in appropriate accounting transparency in income tax and various other departments. All the departments work in collaboration for cheating and helping each other in making money. Even they do not provide the accounting of funds which they receive for general development. If a project of a crore is recived its for sure that the project will be completed only during the time of elections and the completed work is not upto the mark as more than 70% of the funds are used by the officials for their own private use and rest 30% is only invested in the given work.
Why India has so many corrupt leaders?
Corruption in the political world is not a new thing for India and from the time of independence our political leaders has remained involved in various scams and frauds. Moreover with the time, the intensity of corruption by the political class has even become more rampant. The major reason behind this wide spread corruption by the political class is no check on our leaders and mostly, they safely come out of these scandals without any punishments. Hardly, there is any big leader of India who has got punishment for his frauds or scandals in last 60 years.
We only see certain allegations and some cases running in the courts for years but never any justice. All these things only make our leaders more strong and above judicial restrictions. Prof of most of these corruptions is easily available in front of us, as how these politicians become millionaires or billionaires in just few years? From where this whole money comes from, nobody has answers to these questions.
Neither income tax department is able to take any action against these leaders because they behave like more powerful than Indian judiciary or laws. Even now Indian public has accepted all these truths as routine works by our beloved politicians, however we people never realize this fact that this is our hard earned money which we pay to the government in the form of taxes. Unless, we Indian people will realize this fact and start asking back for our money from these corrupt leaders, corrupt leaders will go on emerging again and again in India?
History
The economy of India was under socialist-inspired policies for an entire generation from the 1950s until the 1980s. The economy was subject to extensive regulation, protectionism, and public ownership, leading to pervasive corruption and slow growth.[3][4][5][6] License Raj was often at the core of corruption.The Vohra Report was submitted by the former Indian Union Home Secretary, N.N. Vohra, in October 1993. It studied the problem of the criminalisation of politics and of the nexus among criminals, politicians and bureaucrats in India.The report contained several observations made by official agencies on the criminal network which was virtually running a parallel government. It also discussed criminal gangs who enjoyed the patronage of politicians, of all parties, and the protection of government functionaries. It revealed that political leaders had become the leaders of gangs. They were connected to the military. Over the years criminals had been elected to local bodies, State Assemblies and Parliament. The unpublished annexures to the Vohra Report were believed to contain highly explosive material.According to Jitendra Singh, "in the bad old days, particularly pre-1991, when the License Raj held sway, and by design, all kinds of free market mechanisms were hobbled or stymied, and corruption emerged almost as an illegitimate price mechanism, a shadowy quasi-market, such that scarce resources could still be allocated within the economy, and decisions could get made. [...] These were largely distortions created by the politico-economic regime. While a sea change has occurred in the years following 1991, some of the distorted cultural norms that took hold during the earlier period are slowly being repaired by the sheer forces of competition. The process will be long and slow, however. It will not change overnight."[7] One of the major problems and obstacles to development that many developing countries face is corruption by greedy, power-hungry politicians, which is endemic in certain parts of the world.[edit]Politics
Main article: Indian political scandalsIn July 2008 The Washington Post reported that nearly a fourth of the 540 Indian Parliament members faced criminal charges, "including human trafficking, immigration rackets,embezzlement, rape and even murder".[10] At state level, things are often worse. In Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2002, candidates with criminal records won the majority of seats.[edit]Bureaucracy
A 2005 study done by Transparency International (TI) in India found that more than 50% of the people had firsthand experience of paying bribe or peddling influence to get a job done in a public office.[11] Taxes and bribes are common between state borders; Transparency International estimates that truckers pay annually $5 billion in bribes.[12]. A 2009 survey of the leading economies of Asia, revealed Indian bureaucracy to be not just least efficient out of Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, China, Philippines and Indonesia; further it was also found that working with the India's civil servants was a "slow and painful" process.[13].Officials often steal state property. In Bihar, more than 80% of the subsidized food aid to poor is stolen.[7]In cities and villages throughout India, Mafia Raj consisting of municipal and other government officials, elected politicians, judicial officers, real estate developers and law enforcement officials, acquire, develop and sell land in illegal ways.[14] Many state-funded construction activities in India, such as road building, are dominated by construction mafias, which are groupings of corrupt public works officials, materials suppliers, politicians and construction contractors.[15] Shoddy construction and material substitution (e.g. mixing sand in cement while submitting expenses for cement) result in roads and highways being dangerous, and sometimes simply washed away when India's heavy monsoon season arrives.[16] More often than not , minorities and minority-dominated areas bear the brunt of bureaucratic corruption , especially at the lower levels.In Government Hospitals, corruption is associated with non availability of medicines (or duplicate medicines), getting admission, consultations with doctors and availing diagnostic services.[11]Some airports, such as the Thiruvananthapuram airport in Kerala, are notorious for theft of valuables from bags checked on incoming flights. Such theft is a rude awakening to the state of corruption in Kerala to tourists and expatriates returning from vacations. http://www.thehindu.com/2009/09/30/stories/2009093058370300.htm> Corrupt officials and airport employees turn a blind eye to theft of passenger belongings often colluding in the theft.[edit]Judiciary
Corruption is rampant in the judicial system of India. According to Transparency International, judicial corruption in India is attributable to factors such as "delays in the disposal of cases, shortage of judges and complex procedures, all of which are exacerbated by a preponderance of new laws".[17][edit]Armed forces
The Indian Armed Forces have frequently witnessed corruption involving senior armed forces officers from the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force. Many officers have been caught for allegedly selling weapons in the black market in the border districts of Indian states and territories. Recent sukhna land scandal involving four Indian lieutenant generals has shaken public faith in the country's massive military at a time when unprecedented sums are being spent on modernising the armed forces. A string of eye-popping fraud cases has damaged the institution in recent years.[18][19][20][edit]Police
Despite State prohibitions against torture and custodial misconduct by the police, torture is widespread in police custody, which is a major reason behind deaths in custody.[21][22] The police often torture innocent people until a 'confession' is obtained to save influential and wealthy offenders.[23] G.P. Joshi, the programme coordinator of the Indian branch of theCommonwealth Human Rights Initiative in New Delhi comments that the main issue at hand concerning police violence is a lack of accountability of the police.[24] Religious, ethnic and linguistic minorities bear the brunt of Police miscounduct and corruption.[citation needed][edit]Religious institutions
In India, the corruption has also crept into religious institutions. Some deacons of the Church of North India are making money by selling Baptism certificates.[25] A group of church leaders and activists has launched a campaign to combat the corruption within churches.[26] Among Indian Muslims, the recent "cash for fatwas scandal" was a major affair that exposed theImams of the Islamic ulama accepting bribes for issuing random, often nonsensical fatwas [1].The chief economic consequences of corruption are the loss to the economy an unhealthy climate for investment and an increase in the cost of government-subsidised services. The TI India study estimates the monetary value of petty corruption in 11 basic services provided by the government, like education, healthcare, judiciary, police, etc., to be around Rs.21,068crores. India still ranks in the bottom quartile of developing nations in terms of the ease of doing business, and compared to China and other lower developed Asian nations, the average time taken to secure the clearances for a startup or to invoke bankruptcy is much greater.[edit]Anti-corruption efforts
[edit]Right to information act
Main article: Right to Information ActThe Right to Information Act (2005) and equivalent acts in the states, that require government officials to furnish information requested by citizens or face punitive action, computerisation of services and various central and state government acts that established vigilance commissions have considerably reduced corruption or at least have opened up avenues to redress grievances.[11][27] The 2006 report by Transparency International puts India at the 70th place and states that significant improvements were made by India in reducing corruption.[28][29][edit]Computerization
- Bhoomi is a project jointly funded by the Government of India and the Government of Karnataka to digitize the paper land records and create a software mechanism to control changes to the land registry in Karnataka. The project was designed to eliminate the long-standing problem of inefficiency and corruption.
[edit]Whistleblowers
Whistleblowers play a major role in the fight against corruption (See the TI page here http://www.transparency.org/index.php/news_room/in_focus/2007/whistleblowers). India currently does not have a law to protect whistleblowers. However, subsequent to the murder of whistleblower Satyendra Dubey, the Government of India issued an order directing the Central Vigilance Commission to welcome and protect whistleblowers. The latest Administrative Reforms Commission also has suggested encouraging whistleblowing and protecting whistleblowers. However, this protection is not available to whistleblowers working under state governments. An ongoing effort can be seen here http://fightcorruption.wikidot.com .http://www.corruptioninindia.org is another "not for profit" website dedicated to increase awareness against corruption in India and contains comprehensive info of corruption in India.[edit]Creation of Anti-Corruption Police and Courts
Some have called for the Central Government to create an anti-theft law enforcement agency that investigates and prosecutes corruption at all levels of government, including state and local level. Special courts that are more efficient than the traditional Indian courts with traveling judges and law enforcement agents are being proposed. The proposal has not yet been acted upon by the Indian government. Certain states such as Andrah Pradesh currently have similar agencies and courts. http://www.acbap.ap.gov.in/jsp/content/aboutus.htm. The creation of a central agency with specialized courts with broad powers, however, is likely to have greater impact in curbing corruption at all levels.[edit]Private sector initiatives
Several new initiatives have come up in in the private sector to raise awareness about Corruption related issues and to build anti-corruption platforms. http://5thpillar.org is one such organisation that is promoting the use of Zero Rupee Notes (See ZRN page here http://5thpillar.org/~pillar/india/ZRN )to fight corruption by shaming the officials who ask for bribe. Another popular initiative Jaago Re!One Billion Votes from Tata Tea has now changed its focus from voter registration to fighting corruption.
How to eradicate bribing system and burgulary in Indian doen by all government officials?
The main reason in india for delay in all kind of government work is the JOB SECURITY which the take it for granteed they do not have any tension for his future life and enjoy the jop position and make wrong use of it and lots of money by harassing the genral public of all levels.if the job security is removed the officials have to work to be marked himself for good work and the system of working will be more faster.The genral public of india will not have to pay bribe bcoz at that time it will be need of the officials to complete the work on time and look towards the problems of the public and if they fail to do their ascertain work they will be thrown out as their would not be any jobsecurity.
Why the government officials are more rich than the common people?
Bcoz of in appropriate accounting transparency in income tax and various other departments. All the departments work in collaboration for cheating and helping each other in making money. Even they do not provide the accounting of funds which they receive for general development. If a project of a crore is recived its for sure that the project will be completed only during the time of elections and the completed work is not upto the mark as more than 70% of the funds are used by the officials for their own private use and rest 30% is only invested in the given work.
Why India has so many corrupt leaders?
Corruption in the political world is not a new thing for India and from the time of independence our political leaders has remained involved in various scams and frauds. Moreover with the time, the intensity of corruption by the political class has even become more rampant. The major reason behind this wide spread corruption by the political class is no check on our leaders and mostly, they safely come out of these scandals without any punishments. Hardly, there is any big leader of India who has got punishment for his frauds or scandals in last 60 years.
We only see certain allegations and some cases running in the courts for years but never any justice. All these things only make our leaders more strong and above judicial restrictions. Prof of most of these corruptions is easily available in front of us, as how these politicians become millionaires or billionaires in just few years? From where this whole money comes from, nobody has answers to these questions.
Neither income tax department is able to take any action against these leaders because they behave like more powerful than Indian judiciary or laws. Even now Indian public has accepted all these truths as routine works by our beloved politicians, however we people never realize this fact that this is our hard earned money which we pay to the government in the form of taxes. Unless, we Indian people will realize this fact and start asking back for our money from these corrupt leaders, corrupt leaders will go on emerging again and again in India?
We only see certain allegations and some cases running in the courts for years but never any justice. All these things only make our leaders more strong and above judicial restrictions. Prof of most of these corruptions is easily available in front of us, as how these politicians become millionaires or billionaires in just few years? From where this whole money comes from, nobody has answers to these questions.
Neither income tax department is able to take any action against these leaders because they behave like more powerful than Indian judiciary or laws. Even now Indian public has accepted all these truths as routine works by our beloved politicians, however we people never realize this fact that this is our hard earned money which we pay to the government in the form of taxes. Unless, we Indian people will realize this fact and start asking back for our money from these corrupt leaders, corrupt leaders will go on emerging again and again in India?
Why Does India Have Such Terrible Politicians?- – 2
Caveat: This is a long-ish post. Recommend that you print it.
Many (all?) of us blame venal and mendacious politicians for India’s problems. Atanu’s sentiments in his series of posts on Lee Kuan Yew, that “when it comes to greed Indian politicians are a class apart” are echoed in any debate/ discussion about India’s problems.
I agree that many of India’s politicians are crooked and inept. However, just blaming them is simplistic. Or rather, it’s not the whole story. In my opinion, mendacious politicians are a proximate issue. It would be far more useful to figure out why India is saddled with such terrible politicians? After all, there’s no evidence that Indians are any more more crooked or inept than any other nation or race on earth. Then, how does one explain the terrible politicians?
T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan in a wonderful article in The Business Standard, titled The Rules Of The Empty Game, sums it up marvelously.
I’ve excerpted the rules below, but I’d encourage all of you to read the full piece — brilliant stuff.
Like academics and pickpockets, politicians too have rules which they can break only at great riskOperation Duryodhana, in which some clever journalists secretly filmed as many as 11 MPs receiving money in return for asking questions in Parliament, has surprised only the naïve. This is because if you define honesty in the conventional, unqualified and non-contextual way, an honest politician is an oxymoron.Clearly, there is something about the profession that induces even otherwise decent fellows to behave caddishly. It is the way the game is played. (emphasis mine) It is important to understand this because all callings have their own implicit rules which are very different from the formal explicit ones. If you want to get anywhere in your chosen profession, you simply have to observe these implicit rules.Since this is as true of academics as it is of pickpockets, it is more useful to examine the rules, rather than the persons who play the game. (emphasis mine)Rule No 1 is that only winning matters because the winner takes all. This zero-sum game characteristic of politics has two consequences.First, the squeamish stay away. Second, the rules are made by those who regard honesty like people usually regard exercise or prayer—something to be admired in others but never emulated.
Apropos rule #1, a question for readers of this blog: How many of your classmates/ friends, who had other career options, went into politics? I’d be surprised if the answer is more than zero for the vast majority of answers.
Rule No 2 is that your political worth is directly proportional to how much money you can bring to the table.[..]Rule No 3 is that no one but you will be responsible for your day-to-day expenses.[..]Rule No 4 is that you must recoup your election expenses in the first two years and devote the next three years to generating the margin money for the next election.[..]Rule No 5 comes out of Rule No 2: the political parties need you to bring in more than money if they are to bank on you.[..]Rule No 6 is “No squealing”. If you rat on someone, you may be ratted on next. And since you need the money, it is not in your interest to rat. So there is no internal pressure to remain honest.Rule No 7 is that in the current framework each MP must spend more than the other. This comes out of a Prisoners’ Dilemma sort of situation where, although each MP is best off spending as little as possible, in reality none of them can.This is because whenever one MP realises that the other is not spending, he can achieve a higher individual payoff by spending more, and thereby hoping to extend his reach amongst potential voters. Given that each MP stands to gain by spending more if the other does not spend, what ends up happening is that they all spend as much as they can.
In other words, TCA says that wishful thinking of the Palkhivala school, in looking for politicians ofvision (sic) is not realistic. Nor, for that matter, are rants that blame everything on venal politicians.
I’ve long averred that it’s unrealistic to expect a fighter to adhere to the Marquess of Queensberry rules, when all his opponents are exponents of no-holds-barred fighting. With our current system, the search for honest politicians is a chimera. The solution lies in reforming the rules of the political game.
While I’d love to see idealists like Paritrana succeed without soiling their hands, I’m a tad skeptical. Perhaps they’ll prove me wrong.
Second reason was that even a honest person when elctd found that he had lot of discretionary power to exercise in License /Quota Raj so temtation was great to become corrupt.In my own college ,though scope of discretion is small but even for that elections for Student council are fought on reggional/political pact lines without giving attention to suitability of candidates.
So th most important thing is reduce expenditure in elctions.So that even if a teacher/professor or doctor wants to contest elctions he can without worrying about expenses involved.Ban all sorts of banner,large cutouts,minless decorations.At bbbest only posters should be allowed and only at public palces in limited nos.
Next thing could be state financing.By this way all vested lobbies who finance election will lose their control.Today when television is everywhere ,make compulsory for every channel to give some time to people contesting elections.
Another point is make every Mp and MLA declare all his transaction/travels/endorsement/donation etc worth more than a 1000 rs during his tenure of five yrs.
These are a few steps which may be a good beginning.
b) why “moral strength and a strong sense of serviing the Indian public” are not a recipe for success in Indian politics.
fraction of what it was. It is now doing the same for advertising- making TV advts. difficult to justify in some economies/ categories.
getting your head and face/ PoV across could be made easy using technology; if all voters were educated and well-informed and had access to all the information.. …maybe then, you could see big spends becoming
redundant. What we need is a system that levels out
the odds (costs of communication) between the big
moneyed businessman and the humble small town teacher
in respect of running for public office.
Funding elections publicly does not address the
ability of an individual politician with the means
from making a bigger noise using private means. Also,
banning different forms of spend will only make it
harder for a newcomer to establish himself against
well-known politicians (party brands). It is akin to
the situation with cigarette advertising in this
country, where I believe an unintended consequence of
the ban helps existing brnads keep out competition and
earn more profits!
that makes election spending unnecessary or useless
(blogs are step in this direction?!).
there are enough good people, there is enough goodness
going around- else we would have collapsed as a civil
society long ago.
http://www.rcoutinho.com
It took a media spotlight for Sonia Gandhis managers to realise that the Jessica case was a great opp. to increase the size of her halo..never mind that a parliamentary committee (notwithstanding their flawed reasoning) had struck down the needed changes in law.
b) we don’t like any of the candidates and/ or
c) we’re too lazy
d) something else
What S. Ramachandra is more to the point. As the author of “Freakonomics” points out, given sufficient incentive, almost anyone will cheat. So the question reduces to this fundamental one: How do you make corruption less attrative? See Ramachandra’s post for how this can be done.
If you are looking for examples, there are at least two I can think of:
- The Delhi subway project is an example of how transparency can be used to cut through the maze of systemic corruption. The project was reported to have finished on budget and on time.
- In the Singapore government, people in the office are paid so well that everyday bribery does not look as attractive them. That and the fact they used the preceding technique to create a functioning judicial system.
PLUMSTED — Local farmer John Marchese will still be feeling the term life quote from this summer next year. The hot and dry summer has hurt crops all over the state, term life quoteMarchese fears he will be hit twice as hard.
I agree that the election-funding bit does contribute to a large extent. Reminds me of what an American once told me. “in the former Commonwealth Nations candidates are bought like this (rubbing his thumb and forefinger to sign for money) and here in the US, like this (gesturing a signature with a pen on a legal document)”.
You will surprised how corrupt even educational institutions are. I tried to admit my daughter into Fergusson College this academic year for a BA course and they asked for one and a half lakhs.
This is the state of our country today. Pune at one time was a centre for learning.
of course, this is a random thought from a non-economics guy, and might amount to sacrilege, and for this I apologize.