Ending corruption?
Subtitle: how to clean up India
By: N. Vittal
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Corruption
Other titles: How to clean up India.
Description: "The 2010 mega scams created a crisis of trust in governance and the leadership. Seeking solutions, N. Vittal analyses the record of the institutions involved and traces the roots of the growing rot to the decline of accountability in public life, the overall lack of transparency in governance, greed and decline in integrity. As a prominent insider in government for over four decades, he believes that greater transparency and use of technology and ensuring there is no alternative can reform our system. The curb on use of money power in state elections and the 2010 landmark judgement in the case of P.J. Thomas⁰́₉s appointment as central vigilance commissioner are such steps. Through greater application of the Right to Information, strengthening of watchdog bodies like the judiciary and the Central Election Commission, and choosing people of integrity and commitment to man them, besides an alert civil society and media, Vittal is optimistic of achieving a clean India."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-241) and index.