One of the main reason of corruption in Indian politics is probably low wages. I am not sure, what the President, Vice President or PM of the country earn but I think it will be between 40,000 - 100,00 rupees/ month. According to a 2000 report I read, the Vice President of India gets about 40,000/mnth. For such a post, is the salary inline with the position held? A grad/ pre-grad working in a call centre in India will earn 15k+/month. What would be the official salary of other Govt officers would be anyone's guess.
I have been told the President of Singapore gets Sing$3 milion/yr ... probably highest in the world . The Premier of Western Australia gets in upwards of $200,000/yr. When people are paid so high, obviously the tendency to earn more from corrupt practices also lessens. Probably increasing the salaries of Govt officers and making it at par with some of the developing countries would be a step in the right direction to root out corruption. After all they(the politicians) have probably one of most difficult jobs in the World- to rule a country as diverse as India. If the bosses are honest, the tendency is for subordinates to follow in the same steps. What say, Netters? JS _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
