Corruption Is the Root Cause of Economic Slowdown in India Corruption is omnipresent. From micro-institutions to macro-institution‚ from local to government institutes each operated and continued to exist and flourish with its own set of corruption activities. What should be noted here is that corruption is going to exist as long as planet earth does. There is plausible end to the institution of corruption‚ which though illegal is unconsciously legal‚ especially in developing countries
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2. Can the institution of Lokpal reduce corruption in India? Corruption is a universal phenomenon. No society is free from it. As far back as 200 b.c.‚ Kautilya had defined and identified different varieties of corruption and had lamented that‚ “Just as it is impossible not to taste the honey that finds itself at the tip of tongue‚ its impossible for the government servant not to eat up a bit of king’s revenue‚ Just as it is impossible to detect whether a fish swimming through water drinks it or
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India has 2 major obstacles in the way to progress-corrupt govt officials and criminals in politics. The 2 are so much hand in glove that it is impossible for an honest man to work without facing threats to his/her life. The Q therefore is what we can do to weed the 2 out so that this country may make progress speedily. THE MAIN reason behind increasing corruption is money. The question remains what is the solution? Now a day‚ every individual wants to be rich‚ acquire as much wealth as possible
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Corruption Free India‚ Dream or Reality? Corruption in the Indian society has prevailed from time immemorial in one form or the other. It is a result of the connection between bureaucrats‚ politicians and criminals. Earlier‚ bribes were paid for getting wrong things done‚ but now bribe is paid for getting right things done at right time. The major cause of concern is that corruption is weakening the political body and damaging the supreme importance of the law governing the society. Considering
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Politics Main article: Political corruption Political corruption is the abuse of public power‚ office‚ or resources by elected government officials for personal gain‚ e.g. by extortion‚ soliciting or offering bribes[2] It can also take the form of office holders maintaining themselves in office by purchasing votes by enacting laws which use taxpayer money.[3] Systemic corruption‚ the complete subversion of a political or economic system. Governmental corruption of judiciary is broadly known in many
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Corruption in India Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It hurts everyone who depends on the integrity of people in a position of authority. Corruption has been defined variously by scholars. But the simple meaning of it is that corruption implies perversion of morality‚ integrity‚ character or duty out of mercenary motives‚ i.e. bribery‚ without any regard to honour‚ right and justice. In other words‚ undue favour for any one for some monetary or other gains is corruption
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governance. Among these issues poverty ‚unemployment‚ corruption ‚different kinds of bandhs‚ dharanas‚ terrorism‚ web activism ‚degradation of the environment can be cited as the major challenges that are enough to shatter the very structure of democratic governance in India. Corruption – a social malady- hold its strong grip over the every human activities ranging from cradle to grave. A recent survey gave the fourth position to India in the list of most corrupted nations- shows the attachment
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tionSAY NO TO CORRUPTION Skeletons keep tumbling out of the cupboard of the Indian political class as corruption scandals tear apart the moral fibre of the nation. The common people knew all along that bribery‚ nepotism and swindling were omnipresent‚ but they used to suffer these cankers stoically. All that has changed lately. More and more courageous souls are coming out to take the bull by the horns. So how do the youth view the rampant corruption in the country? Why are they hesitant to join
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Corruption in any form is treated as an incurable disease‚ a cause of many social and economical evils in the society and it damages the moral and ethical fibres of the civilization. Indisputably‚ it is correct that corruption breeds many evils in the society and once corruption starts taking place‚ slowly and gradually whole country passes through its net and it becomes after sometime an incurable disease. From the point of view of economic growth‚ there seems to be no clear cut correlation between
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DEFINITION OF CORRUPTION Corruption is defined as the use of public office for private gain‚ or in other words‚ use of official position‚ rank or status by an office bearer for his own personal benefit. Following from this definition‚ examples of corrupt behaviour would include: (a) bribery‚ (b) extortion‚ (c) fraud‚ (d) embezzlement‚ (e) nepotism‚ (f) cronyism‚ (g) appropriation of public assets and property for private use‚ and (h) influence peddling. Activities such as fraud and embezzlement
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