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November 2013

Part D : Good Governance

By Narayan Varma, Chartered Accountant
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Jean Dreze & Amartya Sen in their book “An Uncertain Glory – India and Its Contradictions” write: The issue of accountability relates closely to that of corruption, which has received a great deal of attention recently in Indian political debates. In the absence of good systems of accountability, there may not only be serious neglects of duties, but much temptation for officials to deliver at high ‘prices’ what they are actually supposed to deliver freely, as part of their job. This ‘reward’, aside from being an example of corruption based on official privilege, can also deflect a facility from those for whom it was meant to others who have means and willingness to buy favours. Corruption has become such an endemic feature of Indian administration and commercial life that in some part of the country nothing moves in the intended direction unless the palm of the deliverer is greased.
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