poverty vs. corruption
By khai21
@khai21 (5)
Philippines
February 25, 2011 7:37pm CST
does your government deserves your support in terms of their projects/program?
-many government officials today are in the middle of fight against each other. this is one of the reasons why public individuals especially those in the poor area are forgotten. Instead of helping them to recover in a poor situation, leaders of the certain countries are busy of corrupting the public's money.
-with this reality, we , as concerned citizen should encourage each individual to fight for our rights. we have to unite in order for us to win.
1 response
@manoj1502 (854)
• India
26 Feb 11
Agriculture, the report says, is a fertile ground for poverty, especially for small and marginal farmers, 84 per cent of whom spent more than they earned and were often caught in debt traps. “These are the discriminated, disadvantaged and downtrodden. People who live on Rs 20 or less per day are the real poor and vulnerable.†Technically, a large chunk of these 836 million Indians — 77 per cent of the country’s population — are above the poverty line at Rs 12 per day.
The dismally poor comprise largely STs, SCs, OBCs and Muslims. The report says that 88 per cent of Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes, 80 per cent of Other Backward Classes and 85 per cent of Muslims belong to the category of “poor and vulnerable,†earning less than Rs 20 a day.
There is no doubt that dire poverty exists in our country. It was the late Rajiv Gandhi who had once remarked that out of every one rupee sent by Delhi, only 15 paise or 15 per cent reached the recipient or the intended destination. This observation was made in 1988, nearly 20 years ago. Since then things have gone from bad to worse, with all kinds of scams being unearthed. These scams generally involve people’s representatives who live on people’s money, and consider themselves to be India’s saviours. There is no dearth of money in this country, but a dearth of will to deal with the corrupt and to ensure that people’s money is spent for the people.
Corruption 
in Indian bureaucracy has now come to be accepted as part of the machinery that governs India. Millions are at the receiving end of this phenomenon in their everyday lives, whenever they come in contact with any arm of government at any level anywhere in India. Unless corruption is checked, the vast majority of Indians who are not in a position to give bribes, will remain immersed in terrible and inescapable poverty. Any amount of funding to ameliorate their lot whether through employment guarantee or other rural development schemes, will be like throwing away good money.
The legal system is already overloaded as the following court pendency, as on February 27, 2006 will show: Supreme Court 33,635 cases; high courts 3,341,040 cases; subordinate courts 25,306,458 cases.
The dismally poor comprise largely STs, SCs, OBCs and Muslims. The report says that 88 per cent of Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes, 80 per cent of Other Backward Classes and 85 per cent of Muslims belong to the category of “poor and vulnerable,†earning less than Rs 20 a day.
There is no doubt that dire poverty exists in our country. It was the late Rajiv Gandhi who had once remarked that out of every one rupee sent by Delhi, only 15 paise or 15 per cent reached the recipient or the intended destination. This observation was made in 1988, nearly 20 years ago. Since then things have gone from bad to worse, with all kinds of scams being unearthed. These scams generally involve people’s representatives who live on people’s money, and consider themselves to be India’s saviours. There is no dearth of money in this country, but a dearth of will to deal with the corrupt and to ensure that people’s money is spent for the people.
Corruption in Indian bureaucracy has now come to be accepted as part of the machinery that governs India. Millions are at the receiving end of this phenomenon in their everyday lives, whenever they come in contact with any arm of government at any level anywhere in India. Unless corruption is checked, the vast majority of Indians who are not in a position to give bribes, will remain immersed in terrible and inescapable poverty. Any amount of funding to ameliorate their lot whether through employment guarantee or other rural development schemes, will be like throwing away good money.
The legal system is already overloaded as the following court pendency, as on February 27, 2006 will show: Supreme Court 33,635 cases; high courts 3,341,040 cases; subordinate courts 25,306,458 cases.
