Why Should Indians Be Proud of Their Track-record of Corruption?

Dear Arvind,
Thank you so much for reading my article and responding to it. All your points are valid and there is no denying that corruption exist in department. You talked about petty favours like vehicle/ guest house etc. by officers. You may be surprised to know that prior to sixth pay commission, the daily allowance of a Commissioner rank officer was only Rs 600 per day in which he has manage accommodation, local transport and food. Hence, officers even on official duty has be literally beg for such favours as it was impossible to manage within the stipulated DA. Now, no one wants such favours from assesses on official tours as they can easily manage in the present allowances. I also agree with you that many forms of corruptions can be eliminated by the extensive use of Information technology and simplification of laws. However, even in the high IT era, officers would be needed to implement the law and there shall be discretion, which needs to be used honestly. Please also accept the fact that all taxpayers are not honest. While it is true that some officers demand money for doing their legitimate duty, it is also a fact that many taxpayers evade large amount of taxes and they are happy to pay officers to close the case or not to start the case. Let us remember that honest tax-administration is not possible without honest-taxpayers. We need to work together to create a better system.
With best compliments
Awdhesh

ltu ltu 28/12/2014