Any family get together will have atleast one group of relatives/friends that would have a crackling argument on the pervasive corruption amongst the Babus and/or Netas, coupled with a totally dysfunctional government system in place.
A famous French writer Hilaire Belloc observed on the eve of the French revolution " Government is a thing that guides, and if need be compels. Visible in France, there is not such a thing". India seems to heading in that direction.
Over and above all the 5 year plans executed so far (11 so far since independence I guess), we've had several other focussed projects for focussed development. None has been successful, or has been executed with the deserved spirit. By adopting Pareto's principle here, of the 100% uinvestment not even 20% has trickled down to benefit the common man.
Add to this the big scams of 2010 - the CWG, the 2-G, Adarsh, mines and land scams in Karnataka, and probably extending into the other states as well. The value of these scams is more than 2,50,000 crore rupees - 40% of India's GDP.
My blood boils!! And I will be pulled up, arrested, questioned, my house raided, just because I failed to submit my IT-Returns for a perticular year on time? What is the value? 4,00,000 rupees worth income tax that has already been deducted and has reached the coffers of the government, but has not been reconciled with the Return - a mere piece of paper.
Will we ever believe that a babu or a neta can be clean? Will we ever believe the good intention of this clan? How do we get ourselves of this murk?
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