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| Combact corruption through Vigilance awareness | | | Dr. Daleep Pandita | 11/4/2014 11:17:34 PM |
| Recent instructions from Vigilance commission to their
departments to celebrate vigilance week with full enthu-
siasm for such a short period can only be a mere symbolic tokenism. Although it has been continuing for the past several years but actually without sincere and sustained efforts all along the remaining year. Does this restrictive exercise yield the desired effects at the ground level and produce appreciable results palpable by common man remains a fact to be pondered with? People gave mandate to the present central government on important issue of eradication of corruption menace from our society. Addressing this vital issue seriously, that is actively eating our nation at all levels, is of utmost and urgent importance. Counting on accountable governance, public at large expect concrete steps, at least to create mass awareness against this evil. Importantly this campaign produces deterrent effect rather than punitive results.
Prevention of corruption mainly by creating sustained public awareness is an exercise where not only government departments are to be involved but people amass need to play their responsible role for making this exercise a great success. Zero tolerance policy towards corruption is the need of hour which must be fully activated immediately. Government need to be serious in its commitment towards implementation of anti corruption measures by regularly sensitizing their employees continuously throughout the year.
Commissions associated with vigilance need to be equipped with adequate infrastructure and provided with well trained and proven honest manpower who are dedicated towards this cause. More legal powers and adequate judicial authority must be granted to them rather than empowering them with vast administrative jurisdiction. They need to be time bound, more accountable and result oriented so that people have faith and develop confidence in such institutions. At the same time, there is need to have proper check and balance on their functioning also, so as not to misuse such agencies for settling personal scores and taking political vendetta.
Media also has tremendous responsibility to deliver anti corruption message to all classes of people. Both electronic and print sections must not only act as a watchdog over the functioning of government departments but also need to ensure sustained and result oriented efforts at all levels of society by creating wide spread awareness campaign against corrupt practices those are prevalent in our day to day activities.
All related agencies need to identify the seriousness of this malignancy and establish a connect with the people for not only to expose it completely but to generate sufficient knowledge about its consequences especially among the uneducated and rural poor. Voluntary citizens and Non governmental organizations, who work with limited resources and strive for creating awareness against corruption need to be encouraged. Sufficient examples of discouraging such front runners do exist, which not only reflect casual attitude of authorities to deal with corruption but also waste public money in running such anti corruption offices without serving any useful purpose.
Role and responsibility of a common man to create vigilance awareness for eradication of corruption menace can not be undermined. It simply needs to be activated and channelized properly with the co operation of government, particularly educational institutions and law enforcing authorities.
Before we deal with this evil, we need to understand the types and genesis of corruption and tackle it more specifically rather than accordingly. Normally corruption in our society is perceived to be financial fraud or economic crime. Actually corruption is much more broader term having wide ambit and different ramifications. It ranges from intellectual corruption to physical corruption, to sexual corruption, to moral corruption, to social corruption, to religious corruption, to ethnic corruption and very many types of corruption, all having negative implications on our growth and development. Basically corruption is either by need or by greed and both these modes are directly related with the mindset of an individual. It is fundamentally related with the moral and ethical values those develop during the upbringing of a person. Society only shapes such ethos of an individual.
Vigilance has two ways in dealing with the fight against corruption. One aspect is punitive vigilance that deals with creating much needed awareness so as follow thumb rule of " prevention is better than cure ". It not only creates fear in the mind of corrupt due to horrible end results of corruption but also builds morale against unfair and illegal practices that ultimately lead to self satisfaction of a person. All actions under this exercise are aimed to create deterrent effect in the mind of a common man that creates sense of discipline and responsibility in him. This approach is purely educative, informative and propulsive in nature.
The other part of vigilance activity is punitive vigilance that provides punishment after committing the crime or acts of commission or omission. It is reformative that corrects human aberrations and serves lesson for others. Having major drawback that it can be used as a tool for victimization and vindication, so in practice it is less encouraged to preventive vigilance.
Together with the government, we need to change our mindset, feel consciously responsible and fight for our rights by creating much needed vigilance awareness to fight corruption menace prevalent in our society. Compromising with our moral and ethical values by succumbing to this evil for petty gains, destroy each one of us , which we can not afford at any cost.
( Author is an anti corruption activist presently Divisional Manager with Government of India Insurance company posted at Jammu ) |
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