Corruption, a malaise in our system is present at various levels. We are aghast at the way it has held sway in India. I think we have begun to ignore it and indeed find it welcome because it helps us finish our work quickly.Surprisingly, the ones who follow it are generally the ones who have all the laws at their finger tips. Reviewing things from an objective level, people seem to have become complacent with one reigning thought-
where money is primary, all else will take a back seat.
I can understand if people give bribes because they have no choice. But I cannot condone any justification of corruption that says, paying a penalty for an infringement is heavier than giving a bribe. If we are really honest citizens, we should be prepared to pay the penalty with head held high.

While identifying the corruption levels, we can pitch them at three levels - The political high command, the officers in charge at higher level, the low level employees.Now, for each level, the method of combat may have to be different still I wonder whether it could be a foolproof method. I venture to present them here at this forum thinking that it is going to do nobody any harm to see if something could be tried. At the outset, it would do well to remember that, an act of corruption is never never legally justifiable.So it can be neutralized with the aid of proper harnessing of antidotes.
Firstly, corruption at the low levels can be scoured if e-governance is introduced in a big way, as it would eliminate the intermediaries. On the second level, i.e, with regard to the Government employees at the officers rank , it is matters regarding life style. Some allowances which imply a diplomatic modification in law may be implemented. Today , as per the government Rules and Regulations, a Government employee cannot have income from any other source. So if a man is capable of earning through other means, he ends up doing it secretly. He may have a passion to take a guest lecture, to enter the law court, to do business and so on. Some others don't even make a a try. if they are uniformly allowed to pursue other avenues too for legitimate second income(which some of them are already doing clandestine), changes can be wrought in a big way. However, a rule can be imposed saying that if a crisis situation is presented where he has to discharge important duties for his Government job , he should be right there, sacrificing all other distractions.
   Putting it in other words, I argue that the root cause for Corruption lies  primarily in the loopholes within the Government rules itself (which can be easily filled with counter rules),only that , some thought has to be spent  on it.Lastly, we come to the politicians. As for the political high command , they sell their powers by issuing favourable orders to anyone who gives money. Yes, it is difficult.....one person who cannot be corrected is the king. A constitutional amendment laying down certain criteria for eligibility to become a politician can help. Here It is different from the other two, where money is "made" out of necessity.
Here it is the question of a person's basic faithfulness to morality.
Therefore,they could pass a bill barring undergraduates from contesting the lok sabha polls. A law which says strictly that some kind of graduate education/ experience at Govt service/ any other semi governing agency/banking services/military, as necessary background for one to contest elections, to start a party and to become an MLA. When the uneducated scum from society are allowed easy entry into politics, the rabble of ex convicts and plunderers troop in to ransack the treasury. In other words, they perfect their profession with the help of political powers. Thereafter when they become ministers, they carry with them their low morals and street side upbringing. They add a price tag to everything including their duties, as they do not have the vision or the understanding to view incorruptibility as a form of self respect.
In my desperate attempt to combat corruption, I I may sound too simplistic. Therefore, I welcome any who could add to this post and enrich it with their own novel ideas on how to make India a less corrupt country. Close