Fighting Corruption without Anarchy : Big Data Analytics and RTI-2
Ever since Mohandas G dreamt up the concept of civil disobedience, Indian politicians believe that bandhs, dharnas, rail-rokos, chakka-jams and other anarchic activities are the only tools available to do anything for the welfare of the people. Even educated people like Kejriwal and Jyoti Basu (may he NEVER rest in peace for the damage that he did to West Bengal ) have taken the easy way of out by creating a ruckus on the road to get their point of view across. Let us see if there is a sane way to fight corruption in this country. We all know that the basic rules of checks and balances are all there. Approvals, authorizations and the inevitable CAG audit followed by a CBI investigation should have been enough to stop corruption but when the "policeman is himself the thief" then all these checks and balances go right out of the window and are of no use anymore. So what else can be done ? "Sunlight is the best disinfectant," is a well known quote from the US Su...