Anti corruption agencies in India Corruption Index Steps to reduce corruption

1. STOP CORRUPTION
MOHD SAIF ALAM
AMITY GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL
NOIDA

2. ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCIES IN INDIA.
• Right To Information(RTI) Act.
• Prevention Of Corruption Act.
• Departmental Vigilance.
• Media.
• Higher Courts.
• Central Bureau Of Investigation(CBI).
• Central Vigilance Commission(CVC).
• Controller And Accountant General(CAG).
• State Vigilance, Lokayokta, Lokpal.

3. CORRUPTION INDEX.
• India has been ranked 79th out of 176 counties in the list of
transparency international report 2016.
• Corruption is widely associated with government officers and
political leaders.

4. STEPS TO REDUCE CORRUPTION.

5. 1. EDUCATION.
• By teaching morality in homes and schools.
• According to a survey conducted by India today the least corrupt
state is Kerala, the reason being that in Kerala the literacy rate is
highest. So we can see how education decreases corruption.

6. 2. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
• The most honest countries of the world are those which are
richest.
• The least honest countries are also the poorest.
• Demand-supply gap is to be reduced to stop corruption.

7. 3. SIMPLIFICATION OF RULES AND PROCEDURES.
• Complicated rules leads to corruption.
• Intimation rather than permission.

8. 4. SEVERE PUNISHMENT.
• Lenient punishment leads to corrupt practices.
• Strict punishment for breaking laws.
• Checks and balances to avoid misuse of power.

9. 5. TRANSPARENCY.
• E-governance.
• Government decisions to be put online.
• Transparency of assessment can reduce undervaluation in customs
department drastically.

10. 6. ACCOUNTABILITY.
• All services to be delivered within a time frame.
• Action against officers who fail to deliver the service.
• Punishment and fine to officers who take illegal decision to harass
citizens.

11. 7. EXPEDITE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
• Procedure for disciplinary proceedings against officers must be
simplified.
• Proceeding must be done within a time bound manner.
• Corrupt officer should be removed from service at the earliest.

12. 8. INCENTIVE FOR GOOD OFFICERS.
• Performance linked pay.
• Financial rewards for exceptional performance.
• Out of turn promotions for best officers.
• Awards and honour to sincere officers.

13. 9. PUBLIC CAMPAIGN.
• Awareness campaign for public against corruption.
• Giving bribe is as much punishable as taking bribe.
• Reward to the informers/public for giving information against
corrupt officers.

14. 10. CITIZEN FEEDBACK.
• Independent agency to take feedback from the citizens.
• Feedback through phone, mobile apps, SMS, email, etc.

15. 11. PROACTIVE ACTION.
• Corrupt officers must be identified through feedback and
vigilance.
• Modus operandi of corruption must be tracked.
• Traps must be laid by government/private agencies to arrest the
corrupt.
• Illegal assets must be identified and confiscated.

16. 12. STOP ELECTORAL MALPRACTICE.
• State funding of elections.
• Stop the use of black money in elections by political parties.