There is widespread corruption in India. Explain its impact on economy, society and environment and suggest measures to contain it.
Answer: According to Corruption Perception Index, 2020, India ranked 80th position among 180 countries in regard to public service corruption. This ranking of India is almost same from last three years without any sign of improvement.
This widespread corruption in India is attributed to several factors such as:
- Poor regulatory framework
- Exclusivist process of decision making
- Rigid bureaucratic structure
- Absence of effective control mechanism
- Social acceptability and tolerance for corruption
- Absence formal system for inculcating values of ethics and integrity
- Gap between law making and its implementation
Corruption has severe economic, social and environmental implications:
- Economic: It promotes inefficiencies in market, compromise quality of ....
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