"corruption curtails the development of a country " what are the evil effect of correption and how we discourage corruption?
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Explanation:
Corruption is so much in the limelight that it needs no introduction. This can happen in the form of the little money some of us bribe the corrupt to evade paying a hefty fine or imprisonment,to the extent of mega-scale scams. In short, it is a way of abusing public resource and office for private gains.
Corruption is a hydra-headed evil due to the fact that it is initiated not just by those in authority but also by the members of public who are willing to offer money, gift or other services to lure those in power for their own benefit, to circumvent laws, rules and procedures or to speed up a time-consuming long process through speed money.
But why should corruption be stopped if people are willing to pay extra to get things done?
Ideally, government should not offer services favorably to some, which are made available equitablyfor all. If both giver and the taker of bribesare into agreement, then corruption will favour the rich while denying the same to the poor, who arein fact the ones in need of governmentsupportthe most. This further contributes to inequality, poverty and a perception that government is anti-poor. This makes the system undemocratic, inefficientand further exploitative. The poor willhave to wait for weeks and months while the bribers gets the same servicesdone quickly. Such preferences make the poor all the more unproductive by keeping them wait for long. This further causes additional financial burdenthus widening the gap between the rich and the poor. As documented in facts, The Report on Income Disparity 2017 – released by OXFAM showed that India’s richest 1% holds 58% of the country’s total wealth.
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything – ALBERT EINSTEIN
People bribe those in authority, but at the same time want a corruption-free government while also expecting the same government to bring back black-money into the system.
Corruption ‘happens’ due to lust for money, and money in cash is one of the important reasons. In our democratic system, it is people who elect their representatives who in turn become political executives. Talking in practical terms, political executives are also members of parties and they needmoney for election and other expenses to continue remaining in power. Though it may not be the case always, but there is a possibility. So, people should support genuine efforts by the government to check on corruption like cashless economy etc.
An intriguing paradox is that people vote for the same politicians who were convicted or are undergoing trials on chargesof corruption. They simply don’t punish them (by not voting for them) for the fact that, their leaders create a demigod-like persona to appear infallible. This myth must be broken. Such a faith exists because people need identity, and by associating themselves with those in power gives people a kind of security. Such obscurantism should be challenged, this can happen only through ‘education and sensible thinking’. Because, “Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave” – HENRY PETER
“Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest whom you may have seen and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to them.” – MAHATMA GANDHI’S TALISMAN
In the recent times, there is a tendency of criticizing every Central Government initiative by those with vested interests by playing post-truth politics using mass media and social networking platformsto promote their propaganda. They do this by exploiting the sentiments of the marginals, thereby promoting a negative form of regionalism which is a serious threat. This widens the gap between government and the public thereby making citizen-centric initiativesless participative.Although over-centralization and attempts to induce homogeneity have to be checked,it should be done, only after examining the objectives behind initiativeswith rationality and sense; without giving space to negative form of regionalism.
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