POLITICS

Corruption in India:
India is still far from becoming a corruption free nation. Corruption in India was prevailing even during the reign of British Empire. It is concerned with the unnecessary and wrong use of both power and position by anyone whether in the government or non-government organisations. It adversely affects the growth of the individual as well as the nation and reduces both personal and national income. It is a big reason for inequality that exists within the society we live in. It hampers the growth and development of a nation at all fronts socially, economically and politically.The candidates who win the elections must then be trained to handle various duties and responsibilities assigned to them.
An educated and well-trained person can certainly run the country better than others. There must be a set protocol for everything and the activities of the Ministers must be monitored by a higher authority to see if they are following it. The causes of corruption are well known. It is said that once the cause of a problem is identified half the task is done. It is now time to look for solutions rather than discussing the problem over and over again. The government must free India of corruption as our country cannot progress if this problem persists. Corruption must be removed from its roots. For instance, lack of good employment opportunities that leads to corruption is also related to rising population of India. The government must take strict measures to control the population of the country. Likewise, it must work on every aspect to build a corruption free India. We can fight corruption if we stand united and are determined to drive this evil away.


Corruption in Pension fund:
Public pension funds provide retirement benefits for government employees, such as firefighters, teachers, and police officers.Crores of rupees from a Centrally sponsored pension scheme meant for above-60-year-olds is being diverted to young and able bodied people in several districts.Pensions have gone up all over in India, in keeping with the inflation. That is, except in the institution called State Bank of India. IAS officers have a knack of getting Pay Commissions appointed to recommend increases in salaries and pensions. In Defence Services, they have now “One Rank, One Pension” policy. The present pensioners get 50% of the latest salary of persons of the rank to which they belonged when they retired. No need to mention about the pay, perquisites and pensions of MPs and MLAs and MLCs.
The expectation of all pensioners was that if you work hard and are loyal to the Bank, the Bank will make your life reasonably comfortable after your laying down of office. Unfortunately, that has not been happening.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a corruption and cheating case against three officials of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation or EPFO for allegedly siphoning off around 2.71 crore between March last year and June when the pension fund organization had relaxed the norms for withdrawals amid job losses due to lockdown. The case was registered based on a complaint from the Vigilance Department of Employees Provident Fund Organization.


Indian coal allocation scam:
The coal allocation scam, popularly known as “Coalgate” engulfed the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government in 2012, incriminating the former Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh and dragging top neta-babus into the investigation. Though many believe that the 2G Spectrum scam is still the largest incident of political corruption in India. However, in terms of the amount of money involved, this coal allocation scam overshadows it. During 2004 and 2009, the government of India was accused of assigning 194 coal blocks to public and private enterprises for captive usage in a fraudulent manner by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).
The scam implicated the entire state apparatus, from the then prime minister Manmohan Singh down to various officials in different ministries in Delhi. Much to everyone’s surprise and horror, it also swept up Gupta, an officer who is widely believed to be an exceedingly honest, humble, and intelligent civil servant. As secretary of coal to the government of India over 2006-08, a period when several of the questioned allocations took place, he was directly implicated in the scandal.The underlying premise of this fraud was that the government had improperly allocated coal reserves without resorting to competitive bidding, which would have resulted in significant profits for the government (to the tune of 1.86 Lakh crore).


Corruption in government jobs:
Youngsters in India are as qualified and honest as in many other countries, but we are not given with the same opportunities by our system. A graduate from engineering is not able to get a job in his/her relevant field due to lack of employment. Then, what can he probably do? He will have to prepare for government exams willingly or unwillingly with no other option left. Also, the condition of the government exams is worse due to the reservation system. Most of the time, deserving candidates do not get a job because of our reservation system.
Government jobs are not bad, and so are the youngsters that go for these jobs. The problem is with our system. If we want to change the system, we will have to become a part of the system. Apart from politics, only a government job is the way to do the same. If we can see the dream of a corruption free India, we must have the ability and willingness to make it true. It won’t be fair to say that the survey is completely wrong. It is right in its place. It is true that many corrupt people eye government sector for jobs because this is the easiest option for them. If there is something wrong, it is our system.We can’t blame our youngsters for the current status of the Indian government jobs. The system is corrupt from the inside, and we will have to be a part of it if we want to clean it. Youngsters must keep the right aim in their life. Money is important, but it is not everything. Honesty is and will always be the best policy.


Corruption in judiciary system:
Corruption has engulfed judiciary at all levels and everyone started accepting this fact now litigants has cleared it in their minds that every time they visit the court, they have to pay bribery even for the smallest favour. Corruption has been a part of our society since a very long time but it is spreading with a very high speed in legal system. A person going to the police station for filing a FIR is also expected to pay some amount for filing the report.
Some major reasons of corruption in this field is delay of justice due to lack of judicial officers in our country, poor implementation of laws i.e. laws related to corruption are not very strict and strict actions are not taken against this crime, people have no redressal mechanism excepting paying bribes. It is also known that there is no mechanism to check the working of legislature, ministers and bureaucrats for their actions which is a major reason of continuous spread of corruption. Judges have no fear their biased and partial acts and there is no answerability for their decisions such discretionary power of judges leads to increase in corruption in our country.In this matter the judges say that they are harassed due to over work and they also think that they are under paid. There are petty cases and, in some cases, counsels are interest ed in delay rather than judgement.

By Anupriya R -211711058006