The document discusses the issue of corruption in India and what constitutes good governance. It notes that India has been involved in several major corruption scandals over the years totaling over $27 billion, and surveys have found India to be one of the most corrupt countries. Good governance is defined as having democratic decentralization, basic infrastructure development, safety, efficient government, reduced inequality, and citizen-centric services. However, corruption negatively impacts all of these and leads to lower investment, economic growth, and development. The document advocates for empowering citizens through initiatives like right to information laws and e-governance to increase transparency and accountability in decision making. It also calls for the youth to take a stand against corruption.

1. GOOD GOVERNANCE
India. A diverse-country where schemes are supposed to be for the public are being exploited by
the Politicians and officials resulting in scams such as 2G spectrum1, common wealth games2,
Bofors payoff scandal3 accounting for a total amount of 1750 crore, cement, sugarcane scandals,
Hawala scandal4 and many more, where public officials are cornering as much as Rs 961 billion.
Survey conducted by Transparency International Cities concludes that India is worst among China
and the world in bribery and corruption. In recent centuries, India secured place in three most
corrupt countries in the world estimating 5% of the India’s GDP. CORRUPTION, it is very difficult to
define as there is no consensus on the definition because it depends on the pensiveness, the
society’s response and level of tolerance. It is generally defined as a kind of illegitimate favour for
immediate. It is one of the major consequences of poor governance and is widely perceived as an
obstacle in improving the quality of governance. The major concerning cause of corruption is
weakening the political body and damaging the supreme importance of the laws governing the
society. A country with widespread corruption invariably has low investments rates, limited
economic growth, and poor development. India is one among them where corruption is in every
corner of public life. A developing country, resources are scarce and the supply is lesser than the
demand. The recipients of public services are mostly the poor, illiterate and the weak. Thus,
because of the misgovernment and the corruption the ordinary man suffers the most. The main
reason for corruption in India is the lack of good governance.
What is good governance? In lucid words, good governance essentially meant democratic
Decentralisation which entailed power to the Gram Panchayats in local level and people at the
lowest level of political hierarchy.
FEATURES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE5:-
 Good education facilities offered by the government having greater employability,
 Development of basic infrastructures like roads, bridges, power, telecom, airport, irrigation
and transport,
 Safety of public life, property, peaceful law and order,
 Effectiveness and efficiency of working of government and its staffs with free market
economy,
 Reducing inequalities in the society,
 Providing total freedom of speech, of religion, of work and attitude of non-interference by
government,
 Provision of more concessions to citizens and free from bias,
 Citizen centric services.
1 Hindu news paper (June 1, 2015),2G spectrum scam,New Delhi.
2 NDTV (January 19, 2012),common wealth games scandal,New Delhi.
3 Hindu (May 25, 2015), Bofors scandal,New Delhi.
4 Hindu news paper, hawala scandal,New Delhi.
5 Chinmayee satpathy, 2103,vol 57, Initiatives and challenges of good governance in India,yojana

2. Clearly noticing the above features of good governance, the corruption influences all walks of life
poverty, development, growth, investments- all suffers at the hands of corruption. Two major
initiatives are taken in India E-Governance and Right to Information, empowers common man and
for the effective functioning of governance.
To ensure transparency in the decision making, Right to Information is a powerful tool in the hands
of people. E-Governance involves public investments in ICTs to strengthen the process which gives
voice to those who previously had none, while allowing them through the networking.
No matter how many initiative the government proposes in the end, the right way would be in the
common man, THE INDIAN CITIZEN. In my opinion, it has become very difficult to find an honest
Politian in today’s India. What we don’t necessarily want are new rules, laws and processes which
are giving opportunity to bend on paths of corruption to play with the rules.“A strong youth
movement in the country only can remove corruption and each student should take a vow to begin
this exercise courageously within the family”-Former President Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
The corrupt are vulnerable.
Rise against the wrong.
“The duty of youth is to challenge corruption and not just go along with the flow.”
Don’t corrupt love, faith, power...don’t corrupt your mind, say NO to corruption. Make India a
better place to live.