11-25-2011, 09:53 PM
[quote name='ravish' date='17 November 2011 - 07:27 AM' timestamp='1321514361' post='113762']
Who has made the bureaucracy corrupt? It is the political masters of post independent India. They belong to all political parties and political formations. So Capt Sahab and Ms Savitri , kicking out the present bureaucracy will not resolve the issue of corruption.
Reform has to start from the top that is the highest decision making machinery. Who is in control of this machinery, the politicians who have been elected to the Parliament and to the State legislatures. The ground reality today is that the political masters indulge in various corrupt dealings and in doing so ropes in the members of the bureaucracy in most of the cases. In most of the deals, it is not possible for a politician to receive a monetary benefit or other benefit without much paperwork and without going through the tendering and other procedures.
It is not possible for any political functionary to complete the process single handed. Here comes the role of the members of the bureaucracy , who undertake to do the necessary processing of the case. Once the intention of the decision making authority is known to the officials, they stage manage the entire process accordingly. In the process, the political bosses get their due share and some part comes to the pocket of the concerned officials. If the political decision maker is clean, it is next to impossible for any official to derive financial or other benefits from us of any deal. If one is really thinking of cleaning up the system, his first target should be the politicians, both in power and those in the opposition.a
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Yes I fully endorse your logic. Cleansing must begin from the top downwards. But the present electoral system is only a flood gate for politicians out to make a quick buck. You know it as well as I do that the majority of the politicians are there to make big money; serving the public or the country is not their motto. So how does one begin the cleansing process. We need an electoral system where in even the poorest of the poor can afford to stand as a candidate and is not dependent on anyone for funding. In the present system, Crores of rupees are spent on election process only to elect greedy and corrupt individuals to public offices.
Who has made the bureaucracy corrupt? It is the political masters of post independent India. They belong to all political parties and political formations. So Capt Sahab and Ms Savitri , kicking out the present bureaucracy will not resolve the issue of corruption.
Reform has to start from the top that is the highest decision making machinery. Who is in control of this machinery, the politicians who have been elected to the Parliament and to the State legislatures. The ground reality today is that the political masters indulge in various corrupt dealings and in doing so ropes in the members of the bureaucracy in most of the cases. In most of the deals, it is not possible for a politician to receive a monetary benefit or other benefit without much paperwork and without going through the tendering and other procedures.
It is not possible for any political functionary to complete the process single handed. Here comes the role of the members of the bureaucracy , who undertake to do the necessary processing of the case. Once the intention of the decision making authority is known to the officials, they stage manage the entire process accordingly. In the process, the political bosses get their due share and some part comes to the pocket of the concerned officials. If the political decision maker is clean, it is next to impossible for any official to derive financial or other benefits from us of any deal. If one is really thinking of cleaning up the system, his first target should be the politicians, both in power and those in the opposition.a
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Yes I fully endorse your logic. Cleansing must begin from the top downwards. But the present electoral system is only a flood gate for politicians out to make a quick buck. You know it as well as I do that the majority of the politicians are there to make big money; serving the public or the country is not their motto. So how does one begin the cleansing process. We need an electoral system where in even the poorest of the poor can afford to stand as a candidate and is not dependent on anyone for funding. In the present system, Crores of rupees are spent on election process only to elect greedy and corrupt individuals to public offices.