Corruption is a global phenomenon. Bribery, money laundering, incentives, fees for services rendered and scams have become a way of life. Corruption is rampant in politics and in public services. A survey was conducted by the ORG-Marg for an NGO called the Transparency International India to find out the number of people affected by corruption in different sectors. The survey revealed that the greatest number of people affected by corruption (8.1 billion) was by the Health Department, followed by Power (5.9 billion) and Education (5.5 billion). About 1.3 billion people were affected by corruption in the Judiciary and 0.7 billion in the Taxation Department. Bofors case, Hawala Scandal, the securities Scandal, the Housing Scam, Urea Scam, the Fodder Scam in Bihar, the Telecom Scandal etc are some forms of political corruption. Ironically, economic liberalization has fostered big-bugs corruption. It would be suicidal for the society if corruption is not eliminated without any loss of time. Of late, India has been rocked by corruption scandals whose dimensions were so big that they left an adverse impact both on the political and the economic life of the country. Much has been done and much is being done on to curtain corruption. But it still leaves much to be desired for corruption is not on the wane, but on the increase. The public is not yet satisfied with the investigations done by the governments to unearth the plots involving multicrore scams. It is, therefore, needless to say that corruption in India has reached the climax. In fact, present bad economic situation is due to this evil of corruption. This menace has to be crushed with firm steps. Any delay will result in disastrous consequences. It is clear that it is the time to reduce the increasing corruption as soon as possible. In order to control increasing corruption the following things should be followed or paid attention to.
1.First of all, it is important to state here the suggestion of the former Chief Vigilance Commissioner; Mr. N. Vittal who suggested several times that a new fundamental right such as, the right to corruption-free service should be incorporated into the Constitution. This would allow judicial action if it was violated.
2.The anti-corruption agencies such as the Vigilance Commissions, Anticorruption Departments, CBI and others are constituted to look into and trap the bribe-takers. However, the greatest obstacle in eliminating corruption is the fact that public morality is virtually non-existent.
3.Corruption at higher levels of political leadership leads to corruption in the bureaucracy and other wings of the administration like the police or the Public Works Departments. It spreads top to bottom. It is therefore necessary that People with moral integrity and honesty should contest elections and should be voted to power. Suitable legislation should be enacted to root out corruption associated with elections.
4.There is a need for a new beginning to make India corruption-free. Everyone should adopt zero tolerance towards corruption.
5.There is nothing wrong with Indian laws, nothing wrong with economy or with its political and judicial institutions. What ails India is its moral poverty.
6.But, there is a silver lining in every cloud. We took look towards our judiciary to mend things and punish the guilty. The way our Courts and the apex court are handling all those cases and the attitude of our present governments in the states and at the centre are giving a life saving drug for the Indian society and we do hope that corruption would be eradicated from our society.
7.The laws of the country should be made strict and stringent. The measure of punishment must be increased.
8.The agency should be made there to serve as a watchdog of the activities of high officials and civil servants.
9.More courts should be established to disperse of cases of corruption.
10.The menace of corruption needs to be tackled on many fronts. The cause of corruption should be clearly and precisely identified and remedial steps should be taken.
11.There should be clear understanding and cooperation between public and officers to check corruption.
12.Only patriotic feelings coupled with efforts in reduction of poverty, illiteracy, regional imbalances and inequality among people can successfully face and fight the menace of corruption.
13.Tough regulation that contains the induction of broader and transparent quality in the working pattern will help to reduce the corruption in the government as well as society.
14.There is a need to involve maximum possible officials in financial dealings to avoid monopoly of single hand so that the chances of corruption can be minimized.
15.There is a requirement of frequent turnover of the staff where they are dealing with sensitive matters. It may be money dealing, custody of stores, allotment of license, allotment of land, recruitment etc.
16.There is a need to fix the minimum tenure for each category of the officials who are working in such type of sensitive appointments.
17.There is a need of firm checks and counter checks by inducting the fair procedure into the system without any loopholes in the operation. There will be a need of accountability of each one involved in carrying out this job.
18.The budget control is another important aspect. It guides that the expenditure is to be incurred when actually required. That will also create doubt of misappropriation and corruption.
19.There should be a policy in all the government offices that none of the officials whose integrity is doubtful even once should not be allowed to work in the jobs involving financial matters.
20.There should be a rule to carryout regular surprise and vigilance checks over the dealings and the transactions to avoid malpractices and corruption.
21. The departmental and judiciary laws should have provision of imposing exemplary punishment to the accused commensurate with the gravity of the offence and create fear amongst others to avoid such undesirable activities.
22.Enhancement in the salary of the officers and staff will also help to reduce the corruption.
23.It is generally seen that the responsibilities of the officers are passed on to their subordinates. Some out of them are involved in malpractices and corruption cases. This is obvious. The corruptibility in the case of few subordinates, who are not as responsible like officers, cannot be ruled out. There is a need to deal with such slackness on the part of officers vigorously.
Besides other things, the above suggestions are necessary in order to control increasing corruption.
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