REMOVAL OF EXTORTIONARY CORRUPTION

KEY TO EMPOWERING INDIAN CITIZENS

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Gunjan Gupta, Romil P. Shah(ID : 10BEC112 – 10BEC093)

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,Institute of Technology,

Nirma University,Ahmedabad,

India

A Story Worth to Read

A wise man that lived inMadras presidency narratedan anecdote that a taxcollector (Tahsildar) who wasvery corrupt was punished anddeputed to sit on the shores ofthe Corramandel coast andwas given the job to count thewaves. This man even in thisfound an opportunity to makemoney and started collectingtax from the ships that crossedthe waves that he wassuppose to count.

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Moral Of The Story

Corruption is an age old phenomena that’s evolving over a period of time.3

I LOVE MY INDIA

• In 2011 India was ranked 95th out of

178 countries in Transparency

International's

Corruption Perceptions Index

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Corruption :“Use Of Public Office For Private Profit.”

• Major Players On The Corruption Scene

1.Corrupt Politician (Neta)

2.Corrupt Bureaucrat (Babu)

3.Corrupting Businessman (Lala)

4.Corrupt NGO ( Jhola)

5.Criminals (Dada)

Extortionary Corruption is the root of all corruption which abates the growth of collusive corruption.Common man and Poor are most hit

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Politics

• As of December 2008, 120 ofIndia's 523 parliament memberswere facing criminal charges.Many of the biggest scandalssince 2010 have involved veryhigh levels of government,including Cabinet Ministers andChief Ministers, such as in the 2Gspectrum scam, the 2010Commonwealth Gamesscam and the Adarsh HousingSociety scam, Coal Mining Scam,mining scandal in Karnataka andcash for vote scam.

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Ugliest Moment In Politics Of Indian "Cash For Vote" On The Day Of Trust

Of Vote

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Bureaucracy

• A study done by TransparencyInternational (TI) in India foundthat more than 50% of the peoplehad first hand experience ofpaying bribe or peddlinginfluence to get a job done in apublic office.

• Taxes and bribes are commonbetween state borders.

• TI Estimate: Truckers pay annuallyRs. 22,200 crores (US$ 4.5 billion)in bribes in INDIA.

Corruption @Highways

• The Delhi-Mumbai Highway have en-route stoppages including those atcheckpoints and entry-points which take

up to 11 hours in a day

• Several (forced) stoppages on road are forextorting money

• Travel time for this trip can be reduced byabout 2 days per trip if the corruption andassociated regulatory stoppages to extractbribes was eliminated.

• Also, Number of truck trips could increaseby 40%, if forced delays are avoided

AN IMPORTANT NATIONAL CONCERN

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Tendering Processes And Awarding Contracts

• According to The World Bank, aid programs areaffected by corruption, bad administration andunder-payments

• India enacted the so-called Mahatma GandhiNational Rural Employment GuaranteeAct (MGNREGA) on August 25, 2005. The Centralgovernment outlay for this welfare schemeis 40,000 crore in FY 2010–2011.

• In 2011, it was widely criticised as no moreeffective than other poverty reduction programs inIndia over Controversy about

– Corrupt officials pocketing money on behalf offake rural employees

– Poor quality of infrastructure built

– Unintended destructive effect on poverty

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Corruption…..and the saga continues

Medicine• In Government Hospitals, corruption is

associated with non availability or duplication of medicines, getting admission, consultations with doctors and availing diagnostic services.

• National Rural Health Mission is another health care-related government program that has been subject to large scale corruption scandal in which top government appointed officials werearrested, several of whom died under mysterious circumstances including one in prison.

Land and property• Officials are alleged to steal state

property

Income tax department• Favourable tax treatment and relaxed

prosecutions in return for bribes.

Driver Licensing• Allows drivers to get licenses despite

their low driving ability through promoting the usage of agents

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Why Corruption Is Flourishing In Our Country ??

• Scarcity Of Goods And Services

• Red Tape And Complicated Rules And Procedures

• Lack Of Transparency In Decision-making

• Legal Cushions Of Safety For The Corrupt Under The ‘Healthy’ Principle That Everyone Is Innocent Till Proved GUILTY

• Tribalism Among The Corrupt Who Protect Each Other.

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BOOK: CORRUPTION In INDIA The DNA And The RNA

• As per Bibek Debroy & LaveeshBhandari study of IndianCorruption they have published aBook. It says-

• Public officials in India may becornering as much as Rs.92,122crore ($18.42 billion), or 1.26 percent of the GDP, throughcorruption.

• The book claims most bribery is inthe transport industry, real estateand government deliveredservices.

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BLACK MONEY

• A November 2010 report fromthe Washington based GlobalFinancial Integrity estimates thatover a 60 year period, India lost US$213 billion in illicit financialflows beginning in 1948; adjustedfor inflation, this is estimated to be462 billion in 2010 dollars, or about$8 billion per year ($7 per capitaper year). The report also estimatedthe size of India's undergroundeconomy at approximately US $640billion at the end of 2008 or roughly50% of the nation's GDP

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JUDICIARY

According to TransparencyInternational, judicial corruption inIndia is attributable to factors suchas:

• Delays In The Disposal Of Cases

• Shortage Of Judges

• Complex Procedures

• All Of Which Are ExacerbatedBy A Preponderance Of NewLaws.

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Anti-Corruption Laws in India

• Public servants in India can bepenalized for corruption underthese acts:

• Indian Penal Code, 1860

• The Prevention of Corruption Act,1988

• The Benami Transactions(Prohibition) Act, 1988 to prohibitbenami transactions.

• Prevention of Money LaunderingAct, 2002

The Lokpal Bill is a billpending before the RajyaSabha.

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STOP BRIBERY

START GREENERY

ANTI-CORRUPTION ORGANIZATIONS

• India Against Corruption is a movement currently headed by AnnaHazare.

• Bharat Swabhiman Trust established by well known Yoga GuruSwami Ramdev running a large campaign against black money andcorruption since last 10 years.

• 5th Pillar is most known for the creation of the zero rupee note,• Jaago Re! One Billion Votes is an organization originally founded

by Tata Tea and Janaagraha to increase youth voterregistration.They have since expanded their work to include othersocial issues, including corruption.

• Association for Social Transparency, Rights and Action (ASTRA) is anNGO focused on grass-roots work to fight corruption in Karnataka.

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Citizen’s role in creating corrupt government

1. Desire to escape justice and personal responsibility.2. Love of money and wealth to the extent that the

dignity of a human as human loses value.3. Selfishness. Lack of love for one’s fellow

man/woman, whoever it is, is the first act ofmurder.

4. Cherishing inequality by allowing religion, anti-religion, communalism, cultural nationalism, sexism,racism, etc. to dictate feelings of inequality. Cultism.

5. Pride. Crave for power through despotic thinking:desiring everyone to believe what you believe andthink as you think

6. Rational blindness, and non-scientific temper, evenin the name of science. Fanaticism that is not opento rational verification.

7. Tolerating injustice. Allowing violence to dampenthe voice of reason and truth

8. False hope that ultimately everything will be alrightwithout us doing anything.

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Citizen’s role in creating corruption-free government

1. Articulate absolute aversion to corruption.

2. Unite against all practices of corruption.

3. Challenge laws that promote corruption.

4. Instill in children hatred against bribery and immoral practices.

5. Be an example to children and youth of true patriotism, purity in lovetowards fellow-citizens, and moral responsibility.

6. Strip the esteem of money-mongering culture; repudiate greed and avarice;exalt the virtue of social responsibility.

7. Find out NGOs, Media workers, etc. who are committed to a corruption-freegovernment and inform them of any instance of corruption anywhere.

8. Believe in God, the True Judge of the Universe. He will give justice.

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COLLECTIVE EFFORTS• Organizing Campaigns, road

shows, competitive eventsetc.

• Creating awareness amongpeople by use of websites,online newsletter, forum ,email etc.

• Example:5thPillarOrganization

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RIGHT TO INFORMATION

• Creating awareness among people by conductingevents, quiz contests, public gathering etc.

• Included detailed information about it in thecurriculum from the start

• Publishing about the same in newspaper,periodicals, online media etc.

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2nd OCTOBER• Acknowledging people and

students all round the countrywho have contributed in creatingawareness regarding corruptionand helped in curbing it.

• Incidents should be citedwherein how a person tackledcorruption and came out clean.

• Covering stories of the peoplewho have done something good.

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Role of MEDIA & TV• Sting operation are instrumental for

combating corruption.• Organizations should be targeted and

not individuals.• TV soaps that show judicial inquiry for

the public scrutiny should be launched inorder to educate them about their rights

• The channels should lay importance onhonesty, ethics and not mock them.

• Media Outreach-reach and inform publiceffectively.

• Credit the journalists.• Awards & Honor for the best in

business, increase competitions.• Telecasting of informative

advertisements , documentary movie.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

• Each office must have CCTVs installed.CCTV’s at the toll booth and a regulator tomake sure that no truck is staying at thebooth for more then 10 minutes.

• All chat sessions between officialsregarding contracts should be carried outstrictly under the camera and if not thencontract should not be sanctioned .

• Indiscipline and corruption go hand inhand . Discipline rules in both private andpublic sector have to be emphasized

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INFRASTRUCTURE

• Releasing on an official website details aboutevery government deal(above 1 crore) alongwith the official in charge, the contractor anddetails of expenses and progress.

• An unbiased public committee should thendecide about release of payment based onthe efforts and the output.

• Leisure at office and lots of facilities madeavailable will encourage people to notindulge in any kind of activity which will leadto their suspensions from the company.

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JUDICIARY SYSTEM• The complaints lodged should

be processed quickly and actionshould be taken so that peopledo not relax thinking thatjudgment day is never going toarrive.

• The punishment for corruptionsmust be crucial and the cases ofpunishment must be publiclydemonstrated.

• Also it should not be revealedthat in whose hands thedecision lies in to preventmanipulations.

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ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS• Income tax return of all the employees should be checked. The account balance

along with the account balance of all the people in his family should be checked

in order to check if there has been unexpectedly large growth in any one of

them ever since his joining.

• It should be checked how many times is the official visiting a haven and inquire

the reason behind the same.

• No of foreign trips should be counted and every step which is unexpected

should be questioned. If he is honest, he will be able to present the facts behind

his statement otherwise strict action should be taken against him.

• If any property is shown of a lesser value than it actually is, the govt. should

take over the property.

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MOST IMPORTANT SUGGESTION

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BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD -MAHATMA GANDHI

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YES ! WE CAN

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