Actions needed to ensure probity in governance
- Central Government should enact a comprehensive law on public servants and widen the definition of corruption under existing Prevention of Corruption Act with prescription of stringent punishments.
- The public servants should be held personally responsible for their mala fide acts in the discharge of their functions as public servants and procedural (Right to appeal) as well as constitutional hurdles (Article 311) that shield the corrupt officials must be done away with.
- A law providing for confiscation of illegally acquired assets of public servants should be formulated.
- Whistleblower’s Protection act should be implemented effectively to improve accountability in government and public sector organizations. In ....
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