But there are some sad things about India. A few, which if we are able to get rid of, nobody have the power to stop us from being the best and having the most power.Although it's still known that for many developed countries, it is difficult to survive without India. And if we get rid of some things which are deterrent in our path of success and a matter of shame for us, we would surely be at the top.
The biggest challenge to the India's growth story is corruption. Corruption has set it's roots so deep in our society that now sometimes we don't even realize it's there. Almost no work in India gets completed without giving bribes. Admissions are given to students who do not get good marks in the entrance examinations by just taking a lot of extra money, which can appropriately be termed as bribery, but everyone here calls it donation. It seems that bribery has now become an unwritten law. One who doesn't follow this law cannot get his work done.
Let's take a look at some recent scams in India:
Commonwealth Games Scam:
The world was watching us as we prepared for the most expensive commonwealth games ever. We also had to shut the mouths of those who had said that India should not have been given the games. But corruption came in the way of what could have helped in creating India's image not only as an emerging sporting nation but also as a strong economic power. The budget ballooned enormously from what it was in 2006 when the project started and what it was when the project ended amidst a mess in 2010. A bit of it can be attributed to inflation but a major part of it was due to mismanagement and corrupt practices. When games were approaching and all the infrastructure was supposed to be handed over to the concerned agencies, most of the construction work was incomplete. Tenders were given to relatives at high rates, to foreign companies at enormously high rates for works which could have been given to Indian companies at meagre rates. In short, everything was done by the top brass for extracting maximum money for themselves in the venture. What eventually came out was a shame on India's face before the games started for almost two months when international media covered the ill preparation of the games. As an Indian, I felt that the world was spitting on us. But happily, due to our age old habit of 'jugad' the games came out pretty good. But left us with another issue to reflect on and was enough to provoke us to take some steps against corruption.
2G- Spectrum Scam:
The most discussed about scam at present and a controversy that all are shocked of. Telecom minister A.Raja sold out 122 telecom spectrums in 2008 at throw away prices, depriving the government $39 billion in revenue. The government was pressurized to remove A.Raja as the telecom minister. And so did they. But now the government is in a very unstable position as it's coalition partners are threatening a pullout.
Adarsh Housing society scam:
Brought to notice in the very recent past was another major scam highlighting the violations of rules in the Adarsh society that was reserved for the war widows and veterans of the Kargil war. Questions were raised about the way flats were alloted to bureaucrats and influential people that had nothing to do with the Kargil war. Many rules were violated or moulded for this building. The building is stands in the posh Colaba area in Mumbai that is considered as a very sensitive coastal area by Indian defense forces and it also houses many Indian defense establishments. The environment ministry took the first action by serving a show cause notice for the demolition of the entire 31 story building constructed in the highly Eco-sensitive zone of Colaba.
As an Indian, sit back and think for a while, are you doing anything to eliminate corruption from our society. The easiest thing that you can do on your part is to stop corruption is just not to be part of it. Come on, come out, let's reform India.............
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