Book: "Ending Corruption: How to
Clean Up India"; Written by N.Vittal;
Published by Penguin Books India;
Price:Rs.499
The 2010 mega-scams created a crisis of trust in
governance and the leadership. Seeking solutions,
N. Vittal analyses the record of institutions involved
and traces the roots of the growing rot to
the decline of accountability in public life and the
lack of transparency in governance, besides the
general greed and decline in integrity. As a prominent
insider in the government for over four
decades, he believes that greater transparency
and use of technology and ensuring there is no alternative
can reform our system. The curb on use
of money power in state elections and the 2010
landmark judgment in the case of P.J. Thomas's
appointment as Central Vigilance Commissioner
are such steps. Through greater application of the
Right to Information, strengthening of watchdog
bodies like the judiciary or the Central Election
Commission, and choosing people of integrity
and commitment to man them, besides an alert
civil society and media, the author is optimistic of
a clean India.