a article on drive against bribery
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If money is offered to someone in order to obtain favors, which he/she wouldn’t oblige under normal circumstances, is a bribe. In broader prospective, a bribe couldn’t necessarily be in the form of money, but exchange of other valuables like jewels, property etc also come under the definition of bribe.
To state few examples – If a contractor pays money to a government official to gain award of a contract, it is bribe. Exchange of bribe doesn’t always indicate collusion among two parties, but the receiver might also demand bribe to just perform his otherwise routine work, under reasonably fair circumstances. Nevertheless, a bribe is a bribe and the act of exchanging bribe is called bribery.
Bribery leads to rampant corruption and loss of faith of people in the government agencies and judicial system. Apart from that it results in poverty, illiteracy and loss of resources. It is a hindrance to the economical growth of a nation.
There is a need to increase transparency in the functioning of government agencies and a strict scrutiny of the administrative and financial decisions of a government official must be taken into account. Also, declaring assets should be made mandatory for every government employee and public servant.
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