The Bihar Fodder Scam

India has a major problem with corruption. In the book The White Tiger, we see this problem throughout Balram’s life. The first time we are exposed to corruption is when Balram is just a young boy living in his village that is in the “darkness” of India. His village of Laxmangarh is in the darkness of India and is run by four landlords that use intimidation and scare tactics to collect an unfair amount of money from their tenants.(pg. 21-22) Another place you see corruption in The White Tiger is when Balram is working for Ashok and his family. Their family has to pay the government bribes to keep from being prosecuted for illegally stealing coal, and evading taxes.(pg.233) Imagine if we lived in a country where if you paid the national government

Political corruption is a major problem in the US today. It involves almost all levels of government and affects people from all walks of life. Public office is a noble post and citizens put their trust in government officials to carry out their constitutional duties for the benefit of the citizenry. The problem comes in where both elected and unelected officials perform their duties with the goal of personal gain in full view of the law. The ethical and moral wrongs of corruption are unjustifiable in any context.

In the book Behind the Beautiful Forevers, author Katherine Boo sheds light on the topic of corruption. Corruption is something that is seen everywhere, but varies in depth. She chooses to focus on India, because she is fascinated with how so many people are impoverished while others prosper. Boo is able to convey both the benefits and downfalls of corruption within a community by deciding to only focus on a sliver of people from a single slum. She chooses to focus on the citizens from a slum called Annawadi due to sense of possibility in the community. Boo decides to watch this community for several years to see who gets ahead, who doesn’t,

First, it is important to define what corruption is. The term, “corruption” covers a broad range of human actions,

India’s domestic business has seen high levels of corruption; more commonly the fraudulent behaviours and bribery of government officials and civil servants. This creates an unlevel playing field between domestic business and foreign business. Evidently this seemingly small issue of corruption could potentially tarnish India’s position as favoured destination of foreign investment (Mendiolaza, 2012).

In China, corruption is so apparent that often people are disincentivized to owning businesses because permits and consultants cost too much and require bribes. Yet, bribes can cost the economy big money because essentially the corrupt businessmen are taking the money away from public services (111). The issues coming up in the future are that the governments that are corrupt might have negative impacts on other global economies and spread the norm of corruption. Yet, both countries do show the will to “purify the Party” which includes newly implemented rules against gluttony, adultery, and even playing golf under the leadership of Wang Qishan (113). In China a bigger issue is also the fact that the public is becoming increasingly involved in corruption scandals. Officials worry people will get carried away with excessive accusations (115). More issues stem from the type of political system that China has; they employ a nominal legal system that runs at the discretion of the Party leadership so this means that whoever is in power can change the entire political ideals. In India, they are based on a historical British political system with anticorruption laws but these laws are often not enforced. Yet, even when they are enforced, trials in case can last for up to a decade (116). In India, they are making moves to help out their corruption issues. They implemented the Aadhaar program

Ultimately corruption takes away from the total resource pie, which essentially takes away from the common populace. When a nation’s resources are fraudulently diverted, societal development and progress suffer across the board. Accordingly, nongovernmental organizations such as Transparency International concur with this assessment and also depict corruption as an anti-poor mechanism. Hence, corruption feeds into the cycle of poverty in developing nations, leaving the majority of wealth for the elite minority, while the majority of the populace lives in abject poverty. In the end, corruption and poor governance, combined with an abundance of accessible and valuable resources throughout the region provide ample motive for the generation of a power grab.

Almost on a daily basis can you read about a new case of corruption involving some illegal cash advance.

The case above is a classic example of bribery that usually exist in the public service. Jan (company director) offered a bribe to Turagacati (a public official) of FJ$110,100 and also allegedly lodged false invoices and by-passed certain procedures in order to obtain an advantage of about $3.1million. Turagacati should have checked his previous records to see if payments were done or not on the 14 payment vouchers, which has been the course of this trial (Fiji Sun, 2015).

The texts “White Tiger” and “Slumdog Millionaire” both describe an India where rise to power or success is impossible without corruption. In “The White Tiger” the first case of bribery or corruption is at the voting booths. At the beginning of the text a rickshaw puller was sick and tired of being trapped within the “Coop”. He decided to stand up for his rights and vote against The Great Socialist. While everyone else was conforming to the ideas that had been thrust upon them, he wanted his voice to be heard and not someone else to be talking for him.

Fraud. Embezzlement. Money Laundering. Financial underreporting. Financial over reporting. Accounting malpractice. Costing the global business close to tens of billions of dollars is financial fraud. These accounting crimes are best described as incentives or conflicts of interest issues. [8] While on the one hand softer trade and economic policies are bridging the gaps between world economies, stricter laws and regulations are coming into existence to curb the increase in financial misdealing between companies across borders, on the other. With the proliferation of internet into daily lives, it has become easier for individuals to use technology in criminal ways for personal benefits. Considering these developments and the genius

India, is one of the world’s most dangerous countries to be a woman. It is there they face many crimes and mistreatment against them, such as rape and arranged marriages. Many of the cases against women go unnoticed and are usually not looked at properly. This is due to the corruption in the government in which they are doing nothing to help the people. Indian women activists have created the group Gulabi Gang to cause change into the government, into society and to change it, they need morals and the merit system to do so.

The state of Bihar is located on the Bihar plain and is divided into two unequal halves by the river Ganges which flows through the middle from west to east. The state of Bihar has a 94,163 square kilometer area. Bihar is located in the eastern part of the country and lies mid-way between the West Bengal in the east and the Uttar Pradesh in the west. Its boundary touches Nepal in north and Jharkhand state in south. Its average elevation above sea level is 173 feet. I selected Bihar because it is India’s third-most populous state with a population of 103 million according to the 2011 Census. Bihar has the lowest literacy rate which results in a lack of skilled workers lower per capita which reflects in the poverty rating of Bihar. Nearly 85% of Bihar’s population lives in rural areas. The average life

Political corruption is parasitic; it finds a host, and can almost always find a way to survive. Eventually, people grow dependent on this corruption as a means for income, thus forming a symbiosis between the people who benefit from it, and the elites that regulate it. People sometimes ignore the corruption surrounding them, feeling that as long as the politicians do their jobs well, their ‘extra salary’ can’t hurt (BNS).

Corruption is a complex political, social, and economic anomaly that negatively affects developing and developed countries. It weakens democratic institutions, holds economic development, widening the rich-poor gap and certainly leads to governmental instability. The World Bank definition of corruption states that “…the abuse of public office for private gain”.