Question

what are the measures taken by the government to eradicate corruption​

Answer 1

Explanation:

One of the biggest evils plaguing our nation was the curse of corruption. Winning on the plank of eradicating corruption from the very roots, Modi government has provided an incorruptible administration at the helm. It has taken stringent steps to arrest generation of black money as well ensure that economic offenders are brought to book.

As its first cabinet decision, it set up a court monitored SIT which made several recommendations through its interim reports to check generation of black money, many of which were accepted by the government. The SIT had detected black money of more than Rs. 70,000 crores, including Rs. 16,000 thousand crores in offshore accounts.

In order to provide legal teeth to the fight against corruption, the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 was enacted by Modi government. The Act allows a penalty up to 90% of the value of an undisclosed asset in addition to tax at 30%, as well as rigorous imprisonment in certain cases. These stringent penalties and imprisonment, act as an effective deterrence against entities involved in stashing Black money.

Modi government has strengthened the Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with various countries, such as Mauritius, Singapore, Cyprus, etc. The government renegotiated tax treaties to curb treaty abuse, tax evasion and round-tripping of funds—the practice of money stashed overseas by Indians returning home through tax haven countries. These amended tax treaties are considered as a big victory in India’s fight against black money.

Answer 2

Answer:

These are measures taken by the government to eradicate corruption:

Explanation:

The existing CBI and the anti-corruption police have proved helpless in investigating, initiating action and penalising corrupt ministers and high political persons. No wonder, in recent times people have come to talk about ‘judicial activism’. It is a well known fact that the CBI could inves­tigate the case of former Bihar chief minister more speedily only under the protective wings of the High Court.

The CBI being a government agency cannot report to the judicial courts directly on a long-term basis bypassing the government and without government supervision over its functioning. The CBI officials have confessed to political pressures on them.

It, therefore, appears that the CBI will have the limited role of exer­cising vigilance on the lower and middle categories of public servants. The Lokpal and Lokayukts will have to prosecute ministers and highly-placed politicians. The society cannot depend on the police for surveillance as it does not enjoy the reputation of being honest.

Allegations of police fabri­cating evidence, foisting false cases and manipulating evidence against corrupt officials have been routinely and repeatedly made in our country. A committee on Prevention of Corruption was appointed by the Govern­ment of India in 1962 under the chairmanship of K. Santhanam. This Committee gave its report in 1964. The recommendations pertained to various aspects of corruption.

The measures suggested by the Santhanam Committee for efficient working of the department.

(1) Inde­pendence to vigilance officers to investigate complaints of corruption and malpractices.

(2) Assurance to vigilance officers of promotion for efficient work.

(3) Protection to vigilance officers against sending them back to their parent cadre for investigating the cases of highly placed officials.

(4) Giving representation to Central Civil Services and technical services in the Central Vigilance Commission. (This recommendation was imple­mented by reconstituting the Vigilance Commission in the last few months of 1998).

(5) Intensive training to non-gazetted inspectorial staff of the Vigilance Department in departmental rules and procedures since about 80 per cent of the vigilance cases are enquired at the lower level.

(6) Cutting down the number of stages by the government to check del, y in processing cases.

It was on the basis of the recommendations of this Committee that the Central Vigilance Commission was set up in 1964 for looking into cases of corruption against the central government and other employees.