Chapter 7: Designing an Anti-Corruption Strategy for Contemporary Indian Administration

Age-old prophetic observations about thieves and corruption have become very relevant in twenty-first century India, where the trust of ordinary citizens in public institutions is gradually eroding due to corruption. Of all the problems that India faces today, corruption is perhaps the most lethal that has plagued its polity, society, economy and administrative system. Thus, there is an urgent need to initiate administrative reforms in order to prevent the trust of citizens in the state institutions from eroding. This can be achieved only by reorienting the administrative machinery into a more responsive, efficient and accountable apparatus for public service delivery built on the ethos of integrity, impartiality and client responsiveness.