A corruption-free India is a dream that every politician promises his voters during elections.
While corruption is usually associated with the public sector employees, we cannot deny the fact that massive corruption and criminal offences exist even in the private sector.
Preventing corruption is not an easy task, especially in a democratic country like India. India is a free market economy with strong laws on privacy and human rights. But this is not a case in authoritarian regimes like North Korea or China.
When a state is a complete police state, it becomes easier to tackle corruption since there would be no resistance. But in India, even the anti-corruption officers need to follow the course of law to prevent corruption.
It is a tricky situation since the criminals circumvent the law while the people catching them have to follow the law.
For India to become truly corruption-free, strong laws, autonomy of power to government officers and good awareness campaigns are need of the hour.
Bribe giver is as much accountable to corruption as a bribe taker. Lack of accountability and inefficient system is the reason for high corruption rate in India.
