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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Issues and Challenges in Development of India India as a Nation faces most of the issues this modern world has faced. It has the issues of the developed nations like the USA and other European countries and at the same time problems faced by the developing and underdeveloped countries in Africa and Asian continent. At the same time with a diverse population in diverse geographical setting with large number of social and religious issues‚ India faces issues of its own with unique kind of attention
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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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23/01/2015 Essay on Corruption In India by Jasbir Singh Kaura (http://www.civilserviceindia.com/) Recommend this Site (http://www.civilserviceindia.com/refer/) | Contact (http://www.civilserviceindia.com/contact.html) (https://www.facebook.com/civilserviceind?ref=hl) (https://twitter.com/CivilserviceInd) Notice Board Home (../../index.html) » Subject (../index.html) » Essay (index.html) » Corruption In India Corruption In India Corruption is a global evil. Corruption in India is the main
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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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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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peaceful agitation launched by Anna Hazare‚ his arrest and then the agitation by the people of India. From outside of India‚ I see this as a mass movement just like the one that we had against extension of Reservation quota by Arjun Singh from the same UPA government. And ironically‚ I also see the same kind of resistance being offered by the government to accept the reasonable conditions of the people of India. But at the same time‚ I really wonder whether the agitations going on across the nation are
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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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