| Message | Hi,
My heart felt thanks for standing up against corruption. Accountability has never been on the agenda of a civil servant or a politician in India, nor will it be anytime soon unless citizens demand it. My humble suggestion: 1. Media has to be made more accountable first. They should stop trying to be politically correct or have saving their skin approach. They have to expose corruption as it happens and follow it up. They tend to go after the one or two sensational cases and stop following them after a point (plays into the delaying tactics of our babus and netas)
2. Have mechanisms to discourage routine bribery, which a common man helps to sustain. How many of us have paid bribes just to get things done on time even though we had done everything right ! I suggest a straight forward approach. Demand the government to require every single government office to have a posting (Displayed in the office) giving the list of services offerred in that particular office and the maximum number of days needed for each service to be completed. If I want an electricity connection I go to the EB office. I submit an application. I see on the listing that I should have an answer in 14 days. If I dont get the approval in 14 days, I simply submit a complaint. If an office has 10 or more complaints against them there is an automatic enquiry. I guess I reached the word limit. If anybody thinks this can be done please contact me. Thanks |