What can we do to stop corruption?

At the outset, I would like to define what is corruption-Corruption is to lose purity or to make anything putrid or to bribe a person for personal gains. There was a time when India was corruption free but during the last three four decades this malady has assumed an alarming proportion. In today’s India, there is hardly any department or segment of life where corruption is not found. “Honesty is the best policy” is now simply an empty slogan for our people. Now no work is done in a routine manner. You have to grease the palm of other person to get your work done. Corruption is a pest, and affects all those who come in its contact. Hence time has come when the youth of the country will have to jump in the field to get rid of this malady. This youthful cohort has inherited a country, shaped by the great struggle against colonialism. This challenge for corruption is stupendous but our country’s youth has the courage to take on this work.

 It is almost a cliché that today’s young generation wants to play a positive role in shaping the country and its future. They have a very straightforward approach and have courage to face all odds. Today the youth of the country is result oriented and wants results now. The prevalent corruption has given a chance to parties like Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to come in the field to fight for corruption. Anna Hazare has taken the flag in his hand followed by thousands of young people who fight for corruption .They had urged the government to enact the Jan Lokpal Bill. When enacted, there will be a check on corruption.

       Similarly, youth can join hands to raise a voice against corruption. Firstly, they should stop paying bribes to get their job done in any walk of life. They should keep their surroundings clean by keeping their household, street and city spick and span. As we know that charity begins at home, so these are some basic etiquettes to eradicate corruption from our society. Along with it, they can also arrange awareness programs like seminars, conferences on streets, in schools, colleges to apprise people of the prevalent corrupt practices. They can bring the cases of corruption to the knowledge of the media to highlight them. They can inform the government what is going on in the Government departments and request them to enforce the law regarding corruption. They can personally educate the people about the pernicious effects of corruption. They can start the education campaign at home. They can also write to the Secretary of Education to include anti-corruption modules in school curricula. They can take help of Electronic and print media to explain people the ill-effects of corruption. They can approach the income-tax department and request them to keep an eye on the income and expenditure of employees and if they find that their assets are much more than their income then they should give deterrent punishment to them. They also need to convince the Government to increase the wages of the employees at stable level and lower their basic commodity bills so that people may avoid getting involved in corrupt acts.

 In the end I would like to say that corruption can’t be dealt with until there is a strong will to stem the rot. So the youth of country should come forward and make earnest efforts to put an end to corruption so that people of our country may feel some relief.