Corporate Initiative against CORRUPTION!Belive it or not, India Incs is United and Up against the Regime of corruption!Believe it or not, India Incs is United and Up against the Regime of corruption!The development has to be noted amidst news of WIKILEAKS armed with more than TWO Thousand Swiss Bank Account details and it is understood that it would prove greater TREMOR than the Neera Radia Tapes Exposure. Meanwhile, Economic Times published an edit yesterday only appealing to hand over all PUBLIC Companies to Private Management!Is it Not TRICKY?As if the India Incs which has captured GOVERNANCE, Policy Making, Legislation, Judiciary, Politics and Media and INSURGENCY were above Corruption!

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The fight against corruption

Fourteen eminent men and women of business, economics and public life have written a letter to our leaders bemoaning the widespread governance deficit and urging a concerted war against corruption.

This is welcome - not in the sense that the missive offers any blinding new insight or a pathbreaking solution but because it shows the right concern. Only agglomeration of such concern in sufficiently large quantities can trigger some corrective action. It is worth noting that only one among the 14, Azim Premji, is an active businessman.

Either our captains of industry are not sufficiently moved to voice their concern or they are chary of offending those in power, whether at the Centre, the state or the local panchayat. Industry is corruption's victim, true. But it is corruption's benefactor as well. Corruption is not a solo venture by the politician. It is the food, sustenance and extruded remains of a symbiotic relationship between industry and politics. It is not enough to appeal to politicians to change.

The audience that is addressed must include our captains of industry as well. But this is not the primary shortcoming of this appeal by eminent citizens. What it fails to do is to prioritise the steps to cleanse the system, and, here, it is imperative to focus on political funding. In the absence of institutionalised, transparent, accountable funding of politics, Indian democracy has come to finance itself out of corruption.

Political activity is funded by loot of the exchequer, sale of patronage and extortion. All three forms of political resource mobilisation call for collusion of the civil service, suborning and subverting the entire administrative apparatus as well. In the name of collecting money for politics, individual politicians grow rich and bureaucrats ride the same gravy train. Cleaning up political funding is the place to begin. Cleanly funded politicians in power can take action against corruption in the bureaucracy as well.

The rot in the system has reached critical mass that makes life-saving surgery imperative. We call upon more concerned eminent citizens to speak up, and say so. Only politics and politicians can wield the scalpel. But for them to act, they need a world of encouragement.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/the-fight-against-corruption/articleshow/7315813.cms
18 JAN, 2011, 06.41AM IST,ET BUREAU

Transfer public enterprise ownership

If the government is indeed serious about combating corruption, it could act on an old idea that is sound in principle but did not find acceptance because of vested interests: transfer the ownership of all public enterprises from the assorted ministries that administer them now to a single holding company whose only job would be to appoint the boards of the enterprises and sack them if they do not deliver. Some administrative ministries like steel, coal and heavy industries exist only to lord over the public enterprises they control. Once ownership and control of these enterprises are transferred to a holding company, these ministries would have no further reason to exist and can instantly be abolished, saving the government oodles of taxpayer money.

There would be two kinds of gains, both substantial. One, the opportunity to make money that public enterprises gift netas and babus on a platter would sink without a trace. Two, public enterprises would gain functional autonomy and acquire the speed, agility and talent they need to fulfil the role to meet which they were set up in the first place. Politics would become cleaner and there would be significant gains in economic efficiency that go beyond what would be delivered by the unshackled public enterprises themselves. The sort of bad odour that a stalled Cairn-Vedanta deal sends out, thanks to ministry-inspired obstructionism on the part of Cairn India's minority partner ONGC, suffocates to death many foreign direct investment proposals before they are even born. Deliverance from such abortions is just one of the positive externalities of the proposed reform.

In theory, the nature of ownership of a company should not have a bearing on how it functions. Entrepreneurial talent need not come twinned with ownership as Jack Welch and V Krishnamurthy show. In India, public ownership hobbles companies because of neta-babu interference . Allow public enterprises to function as boardrun , like widely-held companies are run, and there is no reason for some of them not to emerge titans on the world stage. Adoption of such reform in the current context would send entirely the right political message, too.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday carried out a much anticipated shuffle of his ministerial pack by elevating three junior ministers to cabinet rank and bringing in three new ministers of state in an exercise meant to shore up the image of his 19-month-old government buffeted by corruption scandals and charges of non-performance.
However, the changes were restricted largely to his Congress party and did not include any from his allies that form part of his United Progressive Alliance (UPA), other than the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
There were also no changes in his core team - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Defence Minister A.K. Antony and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna.
No minister was dropped, but some, like Murli Deora (corporate affairs) and M.S. Gill (statistics and programme implementation), were obviously downgraded. Deora and Gill earlier held the petroleum and natural gas and the sports and youth affairs ministries, respectively.
President Pratibha Patil administered the oaths of office and secrecy to the new ministers at the Ashoka Hall in Rastrapati Bhavan, the presidential palace.
Salman Khursheed, Praful Patel and Sripraksh Jaiswal were promoted as cabinet ministers, taking the number of ministers in the cabinet to 34.
In the significant reshuffle, Khursheed got water resources with additional charge of minority affairs. Patel got charge of heavy industries and public enterprises and Jaiswal retained his portfolio but got promoted because of his good work.
The entrusting of coal and water resources portfolios to cabinet rank ministers reflected the importance of such important resources to the national economy.
Vayalar Ravi, the overseas Indian affairs minister, got additional charge of civil aviation, a possibly temporary responsibility, as another round of ministerial changes are expected after the presentation of the annual fiscal budget next month.
Ashwani Kumar (science and technology, earth sciences, planning and parliamentary affairs), K.C. Venugopal and Beni Prasad Verma are the new ministers of state sworn in. While Ashwani Kumar and Beni Prasad Verma have been union ministers before, Venugopal, a lawyer and a first-time MP, has only been a minister in Kerala.
Verma, who got steel, also got independent charge as minister of state, along with Ajay Maken, who is the new sports and youth affairs minister and K.V. Thomas, who got independent charge as consumer affairs, food and public distribution minister of state.
With this, the Manmohan Singh ministry will have 78 ministers - 34 cabinet ministers and 43 ministers of state. This is the first expansion of the UPA II government, battling a public perception that it is mired in corruption and indecisiveness.
The ministerial changes were preceded by several rounds of consultations between Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
The government, inching towards the half-way mark of its five-year term, has been plagued by issues of governance, reflected mainly by its inability to curb rising prices of food and fuel and political corruption that has made even industry leaders write letters seeking the prime minister's 'urgent' intervention to check the 'governance deficit'.

'Headlines Today has received the explosive details from whistleblower Rudolf Elmer who has provided Wikileaks with the information collected during the 20 years he worked for Julius Baer, a highly reputed Swiss bank,' the channel said.
'The Headlines Today investigation team scanned document after document looking for an Indian connection in the maze of Swiss bank accounts. The channel identified the names of several individuals and firms that could have operations based in India,' it said.
'The one name that kept cropping up again and again was that of Annapurna.'
The channel said there were three companies with name -- Annapurna Convertible Ltd (A/C number: 420331), Annapurna Leverage Ltd (A/C number:4270390) and Annapurna Convertible USD (A/C number: 431916) -- with accounts opened in the New York branch of Julius Baer.
The three, the channel added, had stashed away $57 million (Rs.259 crore), $18.6 million (Rs.84 crore) and $10.3 million (Rs.45 crore), respectively and all of them were managed by Pius Fisch of Fisch Asset Management.
The other name to come out was that of Asad Ali Khan and his wife Zahida, who was a co-account holder. Khan had siphoned off a huge amount of money to the Julius Baer Bank in Cayman Islands, the channel claimed.
'He and his wife were directors of a company named Unicorp Services in Cayman Islands,' the channel said, adding: 'Of course, there was no way to prove whether Khan was the real identity of the person who opened the account or who was behind Annapurna.'
The channel said the names in the CD were most likely to be fronts for individuals and corporations. A majority of the accounts of companies for which details are available are based in Cayman Islands.
'I have to go through the data, just came across some information about India that's basically about Swiss Partner, a company which basically provided the insurance company for rich internationals and India is mentioned,' Elmer was quoted as saying.
'I think that the owner of the former Julius Baer group is very much in the business of India. They actually hired Indian investment managers sitting in India and getting money out of India.'
Elmer also reportedly explained to the channel the manner in which Swiss banks operated and also said Swiss companies had devised ways to hide the identity of original account holders so that they can't be tracked.
Elmer said while he was serving as the bank's chief operating officer in Cayman Islands, he found evidence that his bank was helping its clients evade tax. He said he was fired when he brought this evidence to the notice of his bosses in Switzerland.
But Julius Baer, in a clarification to Headlines Today, said Elmer was dismissed in December 2002 as he had 'exhibited behaviour that was detrimental and unacceptable to the bank'.
The bank said much of the information given by Elmer was either fake or falsified. Headlines Today also added that it cannot independently verify Elmer's documents that purportedly contain details of bank accounts from 1997-2002.

Indian names in Swiss bank disclosure to WikiLeaks?

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NEW DELHI: Details of Swiss bank accounts given to WikiLeaks by private banker-turned-whistleblower Rudolf Elmer has a few Indian names.

The data revealed names of Indian entities including two apparently linked firms — Annapurna Convertible and Anna Investments — and two individuals Asad Ali Khan and Zahida Ali Khan.

The story was reported by the television channel, Headlines Today, which said that it was not in a position to verify the details. Elmer is a former employee of Swiss bank Julius Baer and the bank has said he had leaked the accounts motivated by unfulfilled career expectations.

Although information is sketchy, it might lead to more leads.

Annapurna Convertibles reportedly has $85 million and Anna Investments $9.7 million in Julius Baer bank. These are among the 2,000 names in two discs Rudolf Elmer gave WikiLeaks.

These are believed to be account details of prominent people and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has promised to provide details.

The data is not yet available on the WikiLeaks website. It was held on two discs handed over by Elmer at a press conference in London. Assange promised full disclosure once information had been vetted.

Elmer is scheduled to go on trial in Switzerland on Wednesday for breaking bank secrecy laws.

The banker, who has given data to WikiLeaks before, was fired from Julius Baer in 2002.

Read more: Indian names in Swiss bank disclosure to WikiLeaks? - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indian-names-in-Swiss-bank-disclosure-to-WikiLeaks/articleshow/7315959.cms#ixzz1BVJu9wu2
A group of prominent Indians has called on their political leaders to address rising corruption and a governance deficit in the country. Graft has emerged as a key concern in India after several corruption scandals hit the headlines in recent months.The 14 signatories to the "Open Letter to Our Leaders" include heads of some of India's top companies, such as Wipro Limited and the Godrej Group, bankers and judges.They want corruption to be tackled on a war footing, saying its corrodes the fabric of the nation. The letter also expresses alarm at what it calls a widespread governance deficit in the government, business and institutions.

The spotlight has been on official graft after allegations that sale of telecom spectrum in 2008 was mishandled, resulting in losses of billions of dollars of revenue, and that kickbacks were involved in contracts awarded for last year's Commonwealth Games.

Independent political analyst in New Delhi, Prem Shankar Jha, says the letter reflects the growing concern about the impact that graft could have on the spectacular economic growth India has had in recent years.

"I think there is a widespread fear in the middle class and in the new industrialist business aristocracy that the progress that India has been making is not sustainable if there is not political reforms to accompany the process. The political system we have today is corrupt beyond belief and the rebellion is coming out against it from all over," said Jha.

The Congress-led government, whose credibility has been hit because of the allegations of corruption, has promised to punish those found guilty of graft.

The head of the ruling Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, has called corruption a "disease spreading in our society," and says measures must be adopted to curb it.

It is widely accepted that graft, which ranges from petty bribes to bigger kickbacks, is a part of life in India.

The letter by corporate leaders - the first of its kind - wants the government to establish independent anti-corruption bodies so that investigative agencies are free of political interference.

The letter also calls on leaders to take steps to restore the self-confidence and self-belief of Indians in themselves, the state, business and public institutions.

Political analysts say the signatories to the letter have unimpeachable credentials and the concern they are voicing should be a wake-up call for the government to clean up the system.

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Tata Sons joins global firms against corruption
UNITED NATIONS: Chief executives from some of the world's leading companies, including Tata Sons of India, have thrown their support behind a United Nations treaty aimed at combating corruption.

In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the CEOs noted that the UN Convention against Corruption - signed by 140 countries and ratified by 136 to date - holds "the promise of curbing corruption and creates a level playing field for all participants in the global economy."

The letter characterised the Convention as "an essential instrument in the fight against corruption," which is crucial in the current period of financial and economic turmoil to prevent an "erosion of ethical standards that will be hard to reverse."

They also underscored the importance for the Conference of States Parties to the Convention, held in Doha in November, to establish an effective implementation review mechanism. "Hoping that the Convention's measures will work, without follow-up reviews, would be a dangerous mistake," wrote the CEOs.

"The adoption of a rigorous implementation review mechanism will send a very positive message to international business," read the letter.

Signatories included the CEOs of Fuji Xerox of Japan, General Electric Company of the US, IKEA of Sweden, Royal Dutch Shell of the Netherlands, Sinosteel Corporation of China, and Zurich Financial Group of Switzerland.

The letter was written at the invitation of the four global, multi-industry, anti-corruption initiatives addressing the corporate sector: the International Chamber of Commerce, Transparency International, the UN Global Compact and the World Economic Forum Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI).

Integrity in India

The launch yesterday in Bangalore of the Integrity India Campaign against corruption by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a welcome, albeit small, step in the right direction. Clearly a response to recent bad press, the initiative assumes significance as it is spearheaded by a highly respected industry association and presided over by India Inc's statesman-in-residence, NR Narayana Murthy. Corruption in India has assumed gargantuan proportions, contributing significantly to the guesstimated $50-100 billion growth of the parallel economy each year. Worse still, corruption has spread its tentacles like a cancer to every facet of everyday life life. According to a study by Transparency International (which recently gave India the dubious distinction of being the most corrupt exporting nation in the world), more than Rs 21,000 crore is paid in bribes by ordinary citizens every year. However, as we all know, political corruption—often in connivance with industry—is probably the most...

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WikiLeaks-linked banker on trial

Rudolf Elmer says he was trying to expose a widespread system of tax evasion by rich businesspeople and politicians.
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Rudolf Elmer, right, seen here with Julian Assange, faces charges for breaking Swiss banking secrecy laws [AFP]

A Swiss banker, who claims to have handed WikiLeaks details of rich tax evaders, has appeared before a Swiss court to face charges for breaking Switzerland's strict banking secrecy laws.
Rudolf Elmer's trial on Wednesday comes two days after he handed more client data to WikiLeaks that prosecutors allege he stole after being fired from his job at Julius Baer Bank.
The data which was given to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, included two data CDs that Elmer said contained names of 2,000 wealthy account holders, but refused to give details of the companies or individuals involved.
Elmer said he was trying to expose a widespread system of tax evasion by rich businesspeople and politicians.
Prosecutors allege that Elmer tried to extort money from Julius Baer and its senior executives and also sent bomb threats to his ex-employer.
According to a prosecution statement, Elmer denied issuing a bomb threat against the bank, but admitted threatening to send details of the bank's exclusive offshore clients to tax authorities in Switzerland, Britain and the United States.
He also said he did not breach Swiss bank secrecy, since the documents he leaked referred to accounts in Cayman, where Swiss courts have no jurisdiction.
Prosecutors are asking for Elmer, who headed Baer's office in the Cayman Islands until he was fired by the bank in 2002, to be sentenced to an eight-month jail term and a $2,083 fine. The hearing is expected to last just one day.
Interest abroad
The trial in Zurich has drawn broad media attention and about a dozen protesters gathered in front of the court building.
Members from the left-wing Alternative Liste party held up a banner, saying: "They want to hang Rudi, they let Kaspar off the hook", in a reference to UBS chairman Kaspar Villiger.
Last year, UBS handed over thousands of client details to end a damaging US tax probe, but none of its bankers were prosecuted in Switzerland.
"We think those who expose the distasteful side of Swiss finance need our support," said Walter Angst, one of the protesters.
Several Swiss banks including UBS, AG and Credit Suisse Group have suffered embarrassing data leaks in recent years, some at the hands of disgruntled employees.
Elmer's actions had caused a US judge to shut down WikiLeaks for two weeks in early 2008, marking the only time that the secrecy-spilling website has been forced offline for a significant amount of time.
Since then, WikiLeaks has shot into public consciousness for publishing thousands of secret US military and diplomatic files.

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Political corruption in India is a major concern. However, according to Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index (CPI), India is one of the least corrupt governments in South Asia. It has a CPI score of 3.3 (rank 87th), compared to Pakistan (2.3, rank 143th), Bangladesh (2.4, rank 134th), Nepal (2.2, rank 146th), and Sri Lanka (3.2, rank 92nd) in 2010^[1]. A 2005 study done by Transparency International in India found that more than 75% of the people had firsthand experience of paying bribe or peddling influence to get any type of job done in a public office.^[2] Taxes and bribes are a daily life fact, common between state borders; Transparency International estimates that truckers pay annually US$5 billion in bribes.^[3] For 2010, India was ranked 87^th of 178 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, with a CPI score of 3.3, which is a slight worsening of it's 2009 score of 3.4 (rank 84th)^[4]. India compares favorably with other BRIC countries, with China having a CPI score of 3.5 (decreasing from 3.6 in 2009) rank 78th, Brazil 3.7 (rank 69th), and Russia 2.1 (rank 154th, the worst of the BRICs) ^[5].

Criminalization of Indian politics is a major setback as well as a serious problem.^[6]^[7] In July 2008 The Washington Post reported that nearly a fourth of the 540 Indian Parliament members faced criminal charges, "including human trafficking, immigration rackets, embezzlement, rapeand even murder".^[8] An international watchdog conducted a study on the illicit flight of money from India, perhaps the first ever attempt at shedding light on a subject steeped in secrecy, concludes that India has been drained of $462 billion (over Rs 20 lakh crore) between 1948 and 2008. The amount is nearly 40% of India's gross domestic product.^[9].

Overview of the index of perception of corruption, 2010

Contents
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1 History

1.1 Politics

1.2 Bureaucracy

1.2.1 Land and property

1.2.2 Tendering processes and awarding contracts

1.2.3 Medicine

1.2.4 Death Certificates

1.2.5 Transport

1.2.6 Income tax

1.2.7 Preferential award of public resources

1.3 Judiciary

1.4 Armed forces

1.5 Police

1.6 Religious institutions

2 Anti-corruption efforts

2.1 Right to information act

2.2 Ombudsmen

2.3 Computerization

2.4 Whistleblowers

2.5 Creation of Anti-Corruption Police and Courts

2.6 Private sector initiatives

3 See also

4 References

5 Further reading

6 External links

6.1 Indian government

[edit]History

The economy of India was under socialist-inspired policies for an entire generation from the 1950s until the late 1980s. The economy was subject to extensive regulation, protectionism, and public ownership, leading to pervasive corruption and slow growth.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13] License Raj was often at the core of corruption.

The Vohra Report was submitted by the former Indian Union Home Secretary, N.N. Vohra, in October 1993. It studied the problem of the criminalisation of politics and of the nexus among criminals, politicians and bureaucrats in India.

The report contained several observations made by official agencies on the criminal network which was virtually running a parallel government. It also discussed criminal gangs who enjoyed the patronage of politicians — of all political parties — and the protection of government functionaries. It revealed that political leaders had become the leaders of gangs. They were connected to the military. Over the years criminals had been elected to local bodies, State Assemblies, and even the Parliament. The unpublished annexures to the Vohra Report are believed to contain highly explosive material.

According to Jitendra Singh, "in the bad old days, particularly pre-1991, when the License Raj held sway, and by design, all kinds of free market mechanisms were hobbled or stymied, and corruption emerged almost as an illegitimate price mechanism, a shadowy quasi-market, such that scarce resources could still be allocated within the economy, and decisions could get made. [...] These were largely distortions created by the politico-economic regime. While a sea change has occurred in the years following 1991, some of the distorted cultural norms that took hold during the earlier period are slowly being repaired by the sheer forces of competition. The process will be long and slow, however. It will not change overnight."^[14] One of the major problems and obstacles to development that many developing countries face is corruption by greedy, power-hungry politicians, which is endemic in certain parts of the world.

[edit]Politics

Main article: Indian political scandals

Criminalization of Indian politics is a problem.^[6]^[15]

In July 2008 The Washington Post reported that nearly a fourth of the 540 Indian Parliament members faced criminal charges, "includinghuman trafficking, immigration rackets, embezzlement, rape and even murder".^[8] At state level, things are often worse. In Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2002, candidates with criminal records won the majority of seats.

[edit]Bureaucracy

A 2005 study done by Transparency International (TI) in India found that more than 50% of the people had firsthand experience of paying bribe or peddling influence to get a job done in a public office.^[2] Taxes and bribes are common between state borders; Transparency International estimates that truckers pay annually US$5 billion in bribes.^[3] A 2009 survey of the leading economies of Asia, revealed Indian bureaucracy to be not just least efficient out of Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, China, Philippines and Indonesia; further it was also found that working with India's civil servants was a "slow and painful" process.^[16].

[edit]Land and property

Officials often steal state property. In Bihar, more than 80% of the subsidized food aid to poor is stolen ^[14]. In cities and villages throughout India, Mafia Raj consisting of municipal and other government officials, elected politicians, judicial officers, real estate developers and law enforcement officials, acquire, develop and sell land in illegal ways.^[17].

[edit]Tendering processes and awarding contracts

Government officials having discretionary powers in awarding contracts engage in preferential treatment for selected bidders and display negligence in quality control processes^{[citation needed]}. Many state-funded construction activities in India, such as road building, are dominated by construction mafias, which are groupings of corrupt public works officials, materials suppliers, politicians and construction contractors.^[18] Shoddy construction and material substitution (e.g. mixing sand in cement while submitting expenses for cement) result in roads and highways being dangerous, and sometimes simply washed away when India's heavy monsoon season arrives.^[19]

[edit]Medicine

In Government Hospitals, corruption is associated with non availability of medicines (or duplicate/fake medicines), getting admission, consultations with doctors and availing diagnostic services.^[2]. There have been cases of diversion of medical supplies from government hospitals and clinics^{[citation needed]} as well as supply and distribution of medicines of inferior quality^{[citation needed]} some hospitals are charging extra amounts from rich peoples. in india there is a unfair co-operation for medi-insurance companies and hospital.

[edit]Death Certificates

Grieving families are often asked in Government-run offices to pay bribes to obtain the Death Certificate of a loved one.

[edit]Transport

Officials who over see transportation regulations, safety norms, traffic violations engage in rent seeking activity. Typically a lenient treatment for an offending driver or vehicle is accompanied by expectation of a bribe^{[citation needed]}. India has multiple jurisdictions for vehicular laws as well as overlapping laws at the central government and state government level which worsens bureaucratic complications. This leads to facilitation payments to accelerate normal government processes^{[citation needed]}.

[edit]Income tax

There have been several cases of collusion of officials of the income tax department of India for a favorable tax treatment in return for bribes^[20]^[21]

[edit]Preferential award of public resources

As detailed earlier, land in areas with short supply is relatively common with government entities awarding public land to private concerns at negligible rates. Other examples include the award of mining leases to private companies without a levy of taxes that is proportionate to the market value of the ore^{[citation needed]}.

[edit]Judiciary

Corruption is rampant in the judicial system of India. According to Transparency International, judicial corruption in India is attributable to factors such as "delays in the disposal of cases, shortage of judges and complex procedures, all of which are exacerbated by a preponderance of new laws".^[22]

On the basis of various reports in media like Times of India [www.timesofindia.com], Hindustan Times [www.hindustantimes.com]---various allegations of corruption against Balakrishnan, currently chairman of the National Human Rights Commission and also the former chief justice of India (CJI) As A local TV channel of Thiruvananthapuram has reported that former Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan's son-in-law P V Srinijan, who did not have any land asset four years ago, is now worth a fortune. Srinijan, a member of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), had unsuccessfully contested as a Congress candidate in the Assembly elections from the SC reserved constituency of Narakkal in Ernakulam in 2006. He was also a vice-president of the State Youth Congress. According to land registration documents cited by Asianet TV channel, Sreenijan purchased 2.5 acres of riverfront property for `14 lakh in Thrissur in 2007.People in the locality claimed that the market rate for one cent (one-hundredth of an acre) of land in the area now is `2 lakhs. The channel showed footage of a resort under construction on the river front property.^{[citation needed]}Advocates in the Kerala High Court were baffled how Srinijin, a lawyer by profession, was able to accumulate huge wealth as he was not in full fledged practice.

[edit]Armed forces

The Indian Armed Forces have frequently witnessed corruption involving senior armed forces officers from the Indian Army, Indian Navy andIndian Air Force. Many officers have been caught for allegedly selling defence stores in the black market in the border districts of Indian states and territories. Recent sukhna land scandal involving four Indian Lieutenant Generals has shaken public faith in the country's growing military at a time when large sums are being spent on modernising the armed forces. A string of eye-popping fraud cases has damaged the institution in recent years.^[23]^[24]^[25]

[edit]Police

Despite State prohibitions against torture and custodial misconduct by the police, torture is widespread in police custody, which is a major reason behind deaths in custody.^[26]^[27] The police often torture innocent people until a 'confession' is obtained to save influential and wealthy offenders.^[28] G.P. Joshi, the programme coordinator of the Indian branch of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in New Delhicomments that the main issue at hand concerning police violence is a lack of accountability of the police.^[29]

[edit]Religious institutions

In India, the corruption has also crept into religious institutions. Some of the Church of North India are making money by selling Baptism certificates.^[30] A group of church leaders and activists has launched a campaign to combat the corruption within churches. The chief economic consequences of corruption are the loss to the economy an unhealthy climate for investment and an increase in the cost of government-subsidised services. The TI India study estimates the monetary value of petty corruption in 11 basic services provided by the government, like education, healthcare, judiciary, police, etc., to be around 21,068 crore (US$4.6 billion). India still ranks in the bottom quartile of developing nations in terms of the ease of doing business, and compared to China and other lower developed Asian nations, the average time taken to secure the clearances for a startup or to invoke bankruptcy is much greater.

[edit]Anti-corruption efforts

[edit]Right to information act

Main article: Right to Information Act

The Right to Information Act (2005) and equivalent acts in the states, that require government officials to furnish information requested by citizens or face punitive action, computerisation of services and various central and state government acts that established vigilance commissions have considerably reduced corruption or at least have opened up avenues to redress grievances.^[2]^[31] The 2006 report by Transparency International puts India at the 70th place and states that significant improvements were made by India in reducing corruption.^[32]^[33]

[edit]Ombudsmen

The LokAyukta is an anti-government corruption organization in the Indian states ^[34]^[35]. These institutions are based on the Ombudsman in Scandinavian countries. An amendment to the Constitution has been proposed to implement the Lokayukta uniformly across Indian States as a three-member body, headed by a retired Supreme Court judge or high court chief justice, and comprise of the state vigilance commissioner and a jurist or an eminent administrator as other members ^[36].

[edit]Computerization

Bhoomi is a project jointly funded by the Government of India and the Karnataka local government to digitize the paper land records and create a software mechanism to control changes to the land registry in Karnataka. The project was designed to eliminate the long-standing problem of inefficiency and corruption.

Introduction of smart cards for vehicle registration and drivers licenses by Karnataka Regional Transport Organization^[37].

Enforcement automation of traffic violations by Bangalore Traffic Police ^[38].

[edit]Whistleblowers

Whistleblowers play a major role in the fight against corruption. India currently does not have a law to protect whistleblowers, which was highlighted by the assassination of Satyendra Dubey.

[edit]Creation of Anti-Corruption Police and Courts

Some have called for the Central Government to create an anti-theft law enforcement agency that investigates and prosecutes corruption at all levels of government, including state and local level. Special courts that are more efficient than the traditional Indian courts with traveling judges and law enforcement agents are being proposed. The proposal has not yet been acted upon by the Indian government. Certain states such as Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Pradesh Anti-corruption Bureau) and Karnataka (Lokayukta) have similar agencies and courts ^[39]^[34]. The creation of a central agency with specialized courts with broad powers, however, is likely to have greater impact in curbing corruption at all levels^[opinion]^{[citation needed]}.

[edit]Private sector initiatives

Several new initiatives have come up in the private sector to raise awareness about Corruption related issues and to build anti-corruption platforms. http://5thpillar.org is one such organization that is promoting the use of Zero Rupee Notes ^[40] to fight corruption by shaming the officials who ask for bribe. Another popular initiative Jaago Re!One Billion Votes from Tata Tea has now changed its focus from voter registration to fighting corruption ^[41]. nobribe.org is another platform for corruption free India and advocates the use of direct and regular measurement of corruption to force the hands of the leadership into dealing with corruption related issues^[42].

[edit]See also

Indian political scandals

Corruption Perceptions Index

List of countries by Corruption Perceptions Index

Socio-economic issues in India

License Raj

Mafia Raj

Corruption in Mumbai

Rent seeking

Lok Ayukta

Notable Scams in India

[edit]References

^ http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Centre for Media Studies (20/tii/ICS2k5_Vol1.pdf). India Corruption Study 2005: To Improve Governance Volume – I: Key Highlights. Transparency International India.

^ ^a ^b India: Where Shipping Is Shaky. Businessweek

^ http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table

^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

^ ^a ^b "A special report on India: The democracy tax is rising: Indian politics is becoming ever more labyrinthine". The Economist. December 11, 2008.

^ The criminalisation of Indian democracy (May 2, 2007). "Jo Johnson". Financial Times. Retrieved 2007-05-12.

^ ^a ^b Wax, Emily (2008-07-24). "With Indian Politics, the Bad Gets Worse". Washington Times. Retrieved 2010-04-30.

^ Prabhakar, Binoy. "Black money trail: 'India drained of Rs 20 lakh crore during 1948-2008'". timesofindia.com.

^ Eugene M. Makar (2007). An American's Guide to Doing Business in India.

^ "Economic survey of India 2007: Policy Brief". OECD.

^ "The India Report". Astaire Research.

^ "India's Rising Growth Potential". Goldman Sachs. 2007.

^ ^a ^b "Will Growth Slow Corruption In India?". Forbes.

^ The criminalisation of Indian democracy (May 2, 2007). "Jo Johnson". Financial Times. Retrieved 2007-05-12.

^ Indian bureaucracy ranked worst in Asia: Survey The Times of India, June 3, 2009.

^ K.R. Gupta and J.R. Gupta, Indian Economy, Vol #2, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 2008, ISBN 8126909269. Snippet: ... the land market already stands subverted and an active land mafia has already been created ...

^ "Mulayam Hits Mafia Hard". India Today. 2006-10-16. Retrieved 2008-10-30. Snippet: ... The road sector has always been the main source of income for the mafia. They either ask their men directly to grab the contracts or allow an outsider to take the contract after accepting a hefty commission ... a large number of criminals have been grabbing contracts under the protective umbrella of parties like SP, BSP, BJP, as well as the Congress ... opportunity to refurbish the image of his Government by initiating a crackdown on the mafia-contractor-engineer nexus ...

^ "Killer roads in India and rethinking the death penalty". The Wall Street Journal. liveMint.com. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2008-10-30.^{[dead link]}Snippet: ... this year's rains have destroyed 581 roads in the state with 139 road accidents killing 373 people through 10 August ... they spoke about a road building contractor mafia that pretty much has a lock on many projects for redoing roads--apparently year after year ...

^ "Corruption in Income-Tax: beaten by Babudom". LiveMint.

^ "Two Income Tax officials booked for corruption". Indian Express.

^ Praful Bidwai. "INDIA: Legal System in the Dock".

^ Is corruption widespread in the Indian armed forces? How can it be dealt with? - India - DNA

^ 義美聯電-數位影音多媒體刊物

^ Corruption in Indian Armed Forces: 72 officers sold their weapons for profit - Army

^ Torture main reason of death in police custody The Tribune

^ Custodial deaths in West Bengal and India's refusal to ratify the Convention against Torture Asian Human Rights Commission 26 February 2004

^ Custodial deaths and torture in India Asian Legal Resource Centre

^ Police Accountability in India: Policing Contaminated by Politics

^ Are even the Priests taking to corruption?

^ Example of a central government department's implementation of the Right to Information Act.

^ Transparency International Press release

^ Transparency International Press release

^ ^a ^b "Karnataka Lokayukta". National Informatics Center. Retrieved 2010-06-24.

^ "Karnataka Anti-Corruption Laws (Acts)". National Informatics Center. Retrieved 2010-06-24.

^ "Lokayukta may get constitutional status". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2010-06-30.

^ "Smart new driving licence issued in Bangalore". Live Mint.

^ "Bangalore Traffic Police". Bangalore Traffic Police.

^ "A.P. Departments > Anti-Corruption Bureau". A.P. Government. Retrieved 2010-06-25.

^ "Zero Rupee Note". 5thpillar.org.

^ "Jaago Re Campaign from Tata Tea". Tata Tea.

^ "nobribe.org". nobribe.org.

[edit]Further reading

Kohli, Suresh (1975). Corruption in India: The Growing Evil. ISBN 0861865804.

Dwivedy, Surendranath; Bhargava, G. S. (1967). Political Corruption in India.

Gupta, K. N. (2001). Corruption in India. Anmol Publications Pvt Ltd. ISBN 8126109734.

Halayya, M. (1985). Corruption in India. Affiliated East-West Press.

Guhan, Sanjivi; Paul, Samuel (1997). Corruption in India: Agenda for Action. Vision Books.

Vittal, N. (2003). Corruption in India: The Roadblock to National Prosperity. Academic Foundation. ISBN 8171882870. Excepts

[edit]External links

Reducing corruption in public governance : Rhetoric to reality

Prevention: An Effective Tool to Reduce Corruption

Reducing corruption at the local level

Corrupt Cities : A Practical Guide to Cure and Prevention (162 pages

Corruption through the programme cycle by TI

Understanding and preventing police corruption : Lessons from the literature

[edit]Indian government

CIC - The Central Information Commission is charged with interpreting the Right to Information Act, 2005.

DoPT - The Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions, is charged with being the nodal agency for the Right to Information Act, 2005. It has the powers to make rules regarding appeals, fees, etc.

Complete text of the Right to Information Act

India Against Corruption Movement

Karnataka Information Commission The State Information Commission for Indian State of Karnataka

Jaago Re! - Interview with RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal on fighting corruption in India.

Jaago Re! - 'Corruption starts right before birth until death for an Indian citizen': Interview with Vijay Anand, founder of the 5th Pillar (Zero rupee note)

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Contents

[edit]History

[edit]Politics

[edit]Bureaucracy

[edit]Land and property

[edit]Tendering processes and awarding contracts

[edit]Medicine

[edit]Death Certificates

[edit]Transport

[edit]Income tax

[edit]Preferential award of public resources