Thursday, September 15, 2011

Take action against corruption, not measures

Whether the measures for curbing corruption announced by the government is Anna's impact on it is right or wrong is for the people to judge but one thing is clear that Anna has awakened it for action. There is urgent need for prompt action against the rising corruption in all government departments from top to bottom.
As the rot starts from the head, there is immediate need for overhauling the bureaucracy by punishing the corrupt and inefficient officers and their staff. Successors learn from the predecessors. So, the successive governments have failed to curb corruption. All have left it unbridled.
Since the country got independence, government job has been considered as the first option for the employment seekers. Because the government gives guarantee once they entered in it despite being negligent and corrupt. The wellfare government also provides enough room for redressal of its employees' grievances and in most cases it has seen the beneficiaries are the guilty government employees. So, first of all, the government is required to set up enough fast track competent bodies to despose off the cases of corruption within the fixed period of time. There must be time bound delivery of judgement in the corruption cases. As it is not the matter of judicial analysis, it must be dealt administratively.
To clean up the administration, the exercise must start from the top - PM and Ministers- so that officers and staff under them could umulate them and practise honesty and promptness in their day to day official duty. There is no dearth of measures to stop corruption in government department already in place. It is the latches of the government that it has failed miserably to check corruption and subsequently it has become all pervasive, making the life of the common people difficult to live.
The govt has announced a series of measures to expedite corruption cases against public servants includes setting up of 71 fast-track special CBI courts, fixing a limit of 3 months to grant sanction for prosecution and strengthening the vigilance admin.
The decisions, which would be implemented soon through issuance of government orders, were taken on the basis of the recommendations of a Group of Ministers (GoM) to curb corruption, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
It has also decided to bring a new policy and a bill on public procurement in the Winter Session of Parliament to tackle corruption and make the procedure more transparent.
Mere announcement of slew of measures can not be of any worth if these are not implemented properly and followed strictly in all government departments from bock to secretariate level.

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