From the chapter - Yeh Dil Maange More...

Corruption: Need, greed or accepted norm?




“Behind every successful fortune, there is a crime” is the
famous dialogue from the cult American movie Godfather.

Corruption is a widespread problem which has worryingly
engulfed the country’s bureaucratic system. This monster has
not even spared the private sector. They too suffer from it.

For the sake of explanation, corruption in the public sector
can be divided into three broad categories – ‘need-based’,
‘greed-based’ and ‘accepted’.

The third is the most dangerous of all. There is a thin line
in these three distinctions of this social evil.

Let me first talk about the most common one – the need-
based corruption. It acts as a stepping stone for most of the
young civil servants or government employees, who are mainly
from humble background and have toiled hard to be part of
the civil services or the country’s bureaucracy/administrative
system and who experience it usually in their first posting.

Did you think this is not possible and words like morality
comes to your mind? Think again and this problem may then
perhaps stand tall in front of you.

Coming from a humble background could mean being
the lone earner of the family. The situation gets tough after
marriage or with additional family responsibility. This is
coupled with concerns over maintaining themselves as officers
or government employees.

To be continued...