Reasons for the speedy spread of corruption are not far away to find.
First, materialism has made Mammon, the real God of the people. They are
ready to amass wealth by hook or by crook, by fair means or by foul
meansSecondly, rising
prices and rising living standard have made dent on the meager and
scanty resources of income of the people. To augment their resources
they fall easy prey to the allurement of bribery.
Thirdly, education has become too costly. All parents want their wards
admitted to the finest of schools and colleges. This is not possible if
they depend on their earned income. So what they do, they accept bribery
or force bribery.
Fourthly, means of distractions and entertainment demand extra amount.
Branded things must be purchased to show off and to keep reputation and
status in society intact. Honest earning can’t keep body and soul
together. Earning by the sweat of the brow can’t make both ends meet. So
for this show off money is required and the easiest way to get money
is bribery.
Fifthly, higher
officers are overburdened with additional work and they get no time to
keep an eye on the activities of their subordinates. As a result
subordinates are free to do anything.
Sixthly, procedures in public offices are very tedious, cumbersome and
dilatory and they smack of arbitrariness. Even if one does not want to
take undue advantage or twist the arms of law or get anything unlawful
done, he simply wants to speed up the process of decision making; he
wants speedy action so that he is not to waste his time and energy on
useless and uneventful trips and visits to the offices.
Payments are made
simply to accelerate and facilitate routine business. Moreover, majority
of the people do not comprehend the laws, rules and regulations. They
can’t read between the lines and remain at the mercy of the babus and
clerks. To get their work, done without any hassle and quickly they
offer bribery which is at once accepted. Not only this, even the babus
and clerks befool innocent people interpreting rules and regulations as
per their whims. Seventh, because bribery played a vital role in the
past and even in the days of benevolent rulers corruption was rampant,
this age-old practice has become part and parcel of our culture. As we
breathe air so do we breathe corruption
List of the reasons is
very long. Virtues and values have lost their value. An honest man
can’t survive being surrounded by hounds like corrupt people. He has
only two options before him—he should either resign or be a party of the
corrupt people. Today an honest man is dubbed as a fool