HOW strange it is that, though admittedly a highly corrupt
nation, we have no institution for corruption studies. Corruption, after
all, is a serious matter that touches all aspects of our national life —
social, political, economic, corporate, juridical, moral, and what not!
No one or nothing is today free from corruption or its effects. It is,
therefore, not merely an issue to rant about on public platforms.
Corruption and its pervasive effects require to be studied with serious
academic rigour. Isn’t it, therefore, time for somebody like Kapil Sibal
or Montek Singh Ahluwalia to initiate action to set up a sort of
multi-disciplinary institution to study corruption? Or, may be, to begin
with, some central universities can introduce corruption studies in
their humanities faculties.
Corruption
scholars are broadly of the opinion that the more developed a
democracy, the lesser should be the incidence of bribery, kickbacks and
financial frauds and fiddles. This is, however, not true, for India is
in no way any less developed a democracy than any other country low on
the graft scale. We are a parliamentary democracy, have by-and-large
free and fair elections, a largely free and independent network of
institutions, an independent judiciary, rule of law and a free and
enlightened media...READMORE
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