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How to trap a corrupt government official?
The answer is now in a 35-page booklet prepared by the Central Vigilance Commission.
Called A Citizen's Guide to Fighting Corruption, the book aims to serve as a day-to-day guide to fighting corruption, red tape and the bureaucratic sloth that plague public offices in India.
"It will guide people on how to take charge and survive in a system dependent on corruption," said Chief Vigilance Officer N Vittal, whose brainwave the book is.
"It is for every Indian who wants to fight corruption but does not know how to go about it." The book will be unveiled August 15 on the Independence Day.
The book is full of handy tips to trap dishonest public servants and take corrupt departments to task. It talks about where a citizen can go, what he can do, which doors he can knock and how he can fight -- if faced with graft.
The CVC will provide 5,000 copies of the booklet in the first round to non-government organisations for distribution to people. It will be translated into local Indian languages for wide circulation.
India has been ranked as one of the most corrupt countries. In Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index 2001 for 91 countries, India ranks 72, with a grade of 2.7 on a scale of 10, indicating high levels of perceived corruption in the government.
Indo-Asian News Service
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