Corruption is a mindset of greed and lust for money and power. It is the root of all evils
and problems. Corruption is not merely money damage, it eats nation to death.
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creates unfairness
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damages the psyche of citizens
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damages the social fabric of society
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damages the spirit of nationalism and humanity
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damages the spirit of real development
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damages the spirit of excellence
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creates unfair disparity of resources including money
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promotes shortcut attitude
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promotes favoritism
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promotes lawlessness and crimes
It affects each and
every aspect of human life.
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Politics: With corruption in politics,
nothing can be right in nation. System, order, discipline, justice, nationalism
everything flow top to bottom. If caretakers of a nation are corrupt then
nothing will be right ever.
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Institutions: Once corruption affects
institutions, they cannot work. They are said to be backbone of nation and if
backbone is faulty, nation cannot stand with strength.
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Offices: People know the frustration
they feel when they see corruption in offices. Even ordinary day to day work
does not move without corrupt practices. This damages the working culture. Illegal
works are done through corruption and this damages the quality and efficiency
of work.
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National assets like Natural resources:
Natural resources are the lifeline of nation. Illegal mining, illegal
construction and flouting rules and norms damage the environment and deprive
nation of its natural resources. No nation can survive with damaged
environment.
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Police and Judiciary: Corruption in
police and judiciary leads to injustice and rise in crime rate. Criminals feel
easy and strike at will.
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Healthcare: Corruption in healthcare can
deprive people of service they deserve. This also leads to fake medicines,
unnecessary investigations and surgeries.
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Food: Toxins in food and adulteration of
food is all due to corruption. People today are drinking poisonous milk due to
corruption.
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Inflation: Corruption leads to high
inflation and high cost of living. Markets are manipulated and black marketeering
results in high cost.
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Media: Media is supposed to be fair and
unbiased. Corruption here leads to biased reporting and distortion of facts.
People are losing trust on media which will further damage national
environment.
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Education: Favoritism, fake degrees and
paid seats in schools and colleges all are result of corruption. Deserving
students do not get due recognition and success.
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Jobs: Due to corruption deserving
candidates do not get jobs or promotions. It can also affect need of putting right
candidate in right position.
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Sports: Today India is nowhere in the
world of sports due to corruption. Money to be spent on infrastructure and
training all goes waste. Talented people do not get selected.
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Merit: Worst affect of corruption is on
merit. Nations talent go waste and undeserving people take their position. This
affects the complete quality of nation in all fields and resultant growth and
development.
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Growth: Corruption kills growth. People
learn to find short cut methods and lose the ability to work hard and give
their best.
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Investment: Corruption spoils investment
environment and to avoid frustration investors move away towards those
countries with better track records. Nation loses investment and suffers.
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Quality of life: Since corruption
affects development of all aspects, it affects quality of life right from
education, healthcare, infrastructure, justice, environment, work culture and
even day to day living.
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Poverty: Corruption is directly
proportional to poverty. More corruption more poverty. All the resources and
money remain restricted in few hands. Major section of society suffers.
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Crimes: Corruption promotes crimes of
all kinds. It takes away fear of law and punishment.
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Black money, fake currency: Corruption
damages nation by resulting in black money and fake currency. Nation loses
crucial revenue. Nations loss is people’s loss.
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Social negativity, morale: Corruption
damages society. It lowers the motivation of right minded hard working and
intelligent people. This results in frustration and low morale. Nation goes
deep in a state of negativity and unrest.
How to eliminate corruption:
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Promote fair elections to be funded by
state. Only clean people should be given tickets.
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Order flow top to down. Those in power
have to lead by example.
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Strict laws must be formed and followed.
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Complete transparency and accountability.
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Minimum cash. All big currency notes
must be abolished.
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Social identity number for all with
details of history of irregularities. This must be available online for all
citizens.
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PAN must in all transactions.
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Create awareness among people that how
corruption is harmful for everyone. If nation suffers, no one can remain happy.
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Reward honest. Those honest must get
recognition and support to rise high.
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Steps – Target zero corruption zero black money.
Create online databank of all real estate properties, lockers, shares, credit
card, bank account etc to eliminate benami or black transactions. Every single
property, locker, credit card, bank account and share must have PAN No
associated, let people claim them through self disclosure. All unclaimed
properties, lockers, shares, credit card, bank account must be frozen and finally
confiscated and go to government. Any private business owner or
professional or service provider with fake or no receipt must be penalized.
