power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely - see 45 years of
Congress and five years of BJP rule -- corruption everywhere . BJP's Pramod
Mahajan made nearly a billions US dollars and was shot dead by his envious
brother last year -- and Congress guys making millions before and after.
Cheers to Jayalalitha's empire rivaling Phillipine's Emelda's Marco's shoe
collection
The real trouble is only those coming to rule who have not been successful in
other ventures -- maybe lack of muscle-power is an entry barrier and since
Indians are mostly illiterate it takes a while to come into the
sub-consciousness of the public which might translate into votes.
However, in US it seems candidates are able to raise funds to the tune of
hundreds of millions - for election campaigning and make powerful friends who
would never let them go hungry -- Indians seem to pass the buck to unsuspecting
public who foot the bill AFTER electing them
Umesh
Jyotirmoy Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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
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