Corruption – the issue needed to be tackled.



It has not been much time when we saw people around the country rushing down to the nearby temples to see the idols accepting milk.  It is equally amazing to see people across the nation coming out in support of Anna Hazare, who has begun a protest against corruption. It is difficult to comprehend whether it is merely a faith in Anna that is driving people crazy to see their country free of corruption or it is their clear understanding how and in what way the Lokpal Bill (not the one, which Congress wants to introduce) will be effective in getting the corruption removed completely.

The hue and cry on the street put a big question mark on the trustworthiness of the government to which people themselves have elected for the second consecutive term. Given the case, isn’t it a drawback of people in our country that it took eight years for them to realize that their country is being run by a corrupt government? In fact, people are ignorant of the fact that despite having Lokpal Bill (Anna Hazare version) in place, making India free of corruption would be a distant dream because no provision has been thought of to eliminate the root cause of the corruption.

If we look around, we already have an income tax department, CBI, Anti Corruption Bureau and recently introduced RTI to take care of the issues concerning corruption, and therefore, Introduction of Lokpal, on the contrary, could make things worse rather than to bring any major relief to the common man as it is intended to be since it is very much subject to getting manipulated exactly in the manner TADA was.

Finally, the only possible solution to curb the corruption, which has its roots spread deep inside our system, is to put in place a centralized accounting system capable of providing cashless transactions. Just the way we trade shares in an electronic form since last decade, it would not be difficult to comprehend carrying out all our transactions electronically. The centralized accounting system can be thought of having two broad sections viz. Income and Expenditure. Every individual, business entities, government organizations, hospitals, etc. will be required to have registration to execute any financial transaction. To implement the system, the government would be required to withdraw the currency notes out of the market so that no one can entertain transactions in cash.   Once the system gets implemented, there would remain no place for what we call unaccounted money – the money earned by corrupt means. Of course, one would ask how is it possible for India,  a home to largest illiterate population, to carry out transactions in an electronic form. The answer to this is we need to educate the entire population to the extent that everybody can at least read names, figures and understand a few verbs necessary to carry out the transaction.

After a consensus is formed to have such a centralized accounting system in place, we would need to devise an electronic wallet, which can be used to carry out transactions. The device can be designed to have simple, easy to use functions so that everybody can get trained to operate it with a bit of ease.

Well, the solution to this issue, as described above, is for sure to work wonders in terms of cleansing the system by removing the evil called corruption. The only deterrent is that there is nothing like a magic wand that we can turn India free of corruption overnight.

Therefore, for the time being, as there is no alternative other than raising our voices against corruption, hats off to Anna for initiating anti corruption movement.

Jai Hind.

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