Kindle Notes & Highlights
There was the recent report of Transparency International—the global organisation to lead an anti-corruption campaign—that corruption in the lower judiciary in India is at high levels, computed by them at about Rs 25,000 crores per annum – I do wonder if this is an understatement.
In the highly corrupt society that India is, where everyone knows that there are worms under every stone or inside every pit, systematic attempts have been made to stymie the effectiveness of a powerful microscope, which can record visually the commitment of an irregularity.
It may be noted with interest that in the period immediately after Independence, prior to our Constitution coming into force, India had lobbied in the United Nations that education for all children should be made an inalienable right – it is ironical that this principle should be applied all over the world but not in India.
The very fact that in absolute terms we have more than double the number of people 'below-poverty-line' than at the time of Independence, speaks volumes
Growth merely in industrial sector will not translate itself into national well being. Will growth continue to be our sole mantra? Is 'inclusive' growth another fraudulent phrase meant to mislead and deceive the countless millions who have the misfortune to be born in India. When will our rulers recognise that drastic changes in our economic policies are essential if the country is to survive the next fifty years?
