Actions needed to ensure probity in governance
- Central Government should enact a comprehensive law on public servants and widen the definition of corruption under existing Prevention of Corruption Act with prescription of stringent punishments.
- The public servants should be held personally responsible for their mala fide acts in the discharge of their functions as public servants and procedural (Right to appeal) as well as constitutional hurdles (Article 311) that shield the corrupt officials must be done away with.
- A law providing for confiscation of illegally acquired assets of public servants should be formulated.
- Whistleblower’s Protection act should be implemented effectively to improve accountability in government and public sector organizations. In ....
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Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude
- 1 Philosophy and Contribution of Major Indian Thinkers and Leaders (The philosophies of these thinkers are used for quote-based answers and value-based analysis in the Ethics paper.)
- 2 Notable Quotes from Prominent Indian Thinkers and Leaders
- 3 Essence, Determinants, and Consequences of Ethics
- 4 Ethics in Human Actions & its Dimensions
- 5 Ethics in Private and Public Relationships
- 6 Human Values – Lessons from the Lives of Great Leaders, Reformers, and Administrators
- 7 Human Values
- 8 Philosophy and Contribution of Global Thinkers and Leaders
- 9 Moral Intuition vs. Moral Reasoning
- 10 Empathy, Tolerance, and Compassion towards Weaker Sections
