1. Corruption
Corruption is the abuse of public resources or public power for personalgain.
Examples of public resources:
Money, goods, vehicles, buildings and any other resources thatbelong
to the government
Pension funds and medical aid funds
Trade union money and resources
Lottery money
Donations to charities
Common forms of corruption:
A business individual pays a bribe to a government official in order to be
given a government contract or license
The use of government-owned resources, such as motor vehicles, for
private purposes
A government official takes advantage of his or her position to favour a
family member or business associate for a job or tender contract. This is
commonly called nepotism
A police officer solicits a bribe or a member of the public offers one in
order to escape lawful punishment
Reasons for corruption:
Lack of transparency
Time taking governmentprocedures
Illiteracy and lack of awareness among the people about government
programmes
Absenceof government monitoring(vigilance) over government
representatives and officers.
Lack of questioning frompeople’s side.
Effects of corruptionon people:
Lack of quality in services
Lack of proper justice
2. Chances of Unemployment
Poor Health and hygiene
Pollution
Accidents
Failure of genuine research
Effects of corruption on society:
Disregard for officials
Lack of respect for rulers:
Lack of faith and trust on the governments
Aversion for joining the posts linked to corruption
Effects of corruptionon Economy:
Decreasein foreign investment
Delay in growth
Lack of development
Differences in trade ratio’s
How to make India free from corruption?
1) Feedback from end users i.e., people
Central government
State government
District level
Mandal
village
People
3. Flow of information fromtop level to bottom level governing bodies in
terms of budget alloction, welfareschemes, malpractices, etc and again
fromend users i.e., people to the top level governing systems.
The government officers has to upload information regarding the budget
allocated to different sectors, fund released for various welfare
programmers fromcentrallevel to state, district, mandal and village. So
that any misuseof governmentproperty or funds can be easily identified
fromone level to another level. Even if the data uploaded was not fair
then the end user (Every citizen of India can login to this app by his/her
Aadhar ID or any unique ID and can easily access the information)
verifies whether the work was done accordingly by using all the
allocated amount or not. Incaseof any variation then the end user or
any other government employee in the middle level can inquire for
explanation on how the amount was spent and they can give feedback
and rating to that work as well as employee. If there is no response
within a specified span of time then a report can be filed to the higher
officials if that issuewas supported by maximum number of people.
2) Making everything online from application filing to application verifying
3 ) providing information to public about working procedureof government, its
policies, programmes and other details in a clear and understandablelanguage
and it should be available to everyone.
4) Making every citizen of India feel responsibletowards our nation.
5)”Reward for work and work for reward”
6) Rating the performanceof individuals and organisation or corporation or
governmentoffices and people representatives.
Transparency in governance:
Transparency is about shedding light on rules plans, processes, and actions. It
is knowing why, how, what, and how much. Transparency ensures thatpublic
officials, civil servants, managers, board members and business peopleact
visibly and understandably, and reporton their activities. And it means that
the general public can hold them to account. Itin the serestway of guarding
4. against corruption, and helps increasetrust the people and institutions on
which futures depend.
Itis the responsibility of public officials, civil servants, managers, board
members, peoples representatives to provideinformation to the public about
their activities fromtime to time. But how many of us are awareof what’s
going inside the parliament, assembly, governmentoffices and other
governmentaided privatecompanies. Information is limited to only few group
of people. If it is made available to everyonethen we can reducecorruption
upto some extend.
Time taking government procedures are tobe made online:
Lenghty and time taking procedures arethe main reasons that are leading to
bribes. To savetheir time and to get their work done, people are involving in
corruption by offering money or other assets. This can be overcomeby making
everything online i.e., fromapplication filing to the end of the task
(“throughoutthe process there won’tbe any manualinteraction and so we can
eliminate corruption upto some extent.
Localization:
Information has to be made available in local languages and that too it has to
be in an easy and understandableway.
Finally we represented all the abovesolutions in one application that is “JANA
AAYUDHA”
JANA AAYUDHA APPLICATION
1)
Choose your
language
Log in
App name
5. 2)
Budget WelfareSchemes Rating Quora Database publicdomain
Complaint box Discussion forum Referendum
3)
Budget
Central State District Constituency Mandal Village
Variuos
Ministers
Agriculture
Education
Health
HR
Tourism
Defense
4)
Welfare schemes
Central State District Mandal Village
Categories Regional based
Physically handicapped
Women
Chidren
6. 5)
Rating
Person Organisation
Central State Constituency Mandal District Village
6)
Quora(Questioning)
7)
Database
Central State constituency mandal district Village
Specify
department
Specify the
problem
Information
/solution to the
problem whom to
approach
RTI links
7)
Public Domain
Upload videos Images Documennts
Comments Support oppose
8)
7. Complaint box
Type of problem File a petition Supporter
9)
Response
Forward to higher authorities
10)
Discussion Forum
Open refrendum
Conclusion:
The above application and the solutions we addressed hereplays a vital role
for abolishing corruption in the society.
