Corruption : a social epidemic

Corruption is seen as a social epidemic in Nepal. Corruption is deeply rooted in the society. It is very painful to have a social recognition.

Reduction in corruption can come in two ways.

First, awareness among people that corruption should not be done. Such awareness should be developed as culture. For example, Nordic countries can be taken, where honesty has been developed as a social culture among people.

When corruption is considered as a simple and criminal activity, it should be made ineffective by penal system. It is also based on this in the current context. Due to corruption, the economic, social, cultural and political sectors of the state are being deeply negatively affected. The sense that the society is gradually slipping away from its values ​​and beliefs has started to grow. In particular, corruption is deeply entrenched in the public and private sectors. There is a fear that non-governmental organizations are also involved in this.

Courts, constitutional commissions, regulatory bodies and government offices are active in order to control corruption. These bodies are engaged in the development of diagnostic, remedial, promotional and organizational capacity for corruption control. Directly and indirectly, this subject has been included in the curriculum of schools and colleges. This topic is in global debate. Because of this, governments fall and new governments are formed.

Politicians sometimes dreamed of bringing Nepal to Asian standards and sometimes of making it Singapore. But Nepal never went that way. Looking at the history of Singapore’s development, what is seen is that the country needs a leader with far-sightedness and strong willpower and a clean and corruption-free administration for the development of the country. But unfortunately, Nepal could never get these two things.

Uncooperative attitude of various pressure groups, delay in administrative process, lack of living wage, existence of poverty, lack of training, high standard regarding conduct etc. have also been responsible for the increase of corruption. Such rituals are quite helpful in making the ground of corruption more fertile. Aspects such as the increasing trend of trying to blind the sophisticated lifestyle enjoyed by citizens of developed countries and the unnecessaryness of government verification about the legitimacy of income can also be considered as causes of corruption.

Although the people have entrusted the running of the country to a party that believes in various beliefs, no leader and policy maker has been able to rise above their personal interests, corruption has become a national culture, doubling day and night. In the present situation, it is not possible to develop the country without eradicating the ‘epidemic’ like corruption, but it is not possible to eradicate it from the current politicians, employees and system.

Therefore, in order to eliminate corruption, it is necessary to start a new system with high technology in which no one can do corruption even if they want to.