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Corruption

At present everything is fast and making progress, with this fast advancement, corruption has become a world problem. It is in fact, a universal problem, having existed in all ages. It has clung to mankind like an incurable disease. In view of its general prevalence, scholars have devoted a good deal of thoughts and attention to this vice. The true reason for corruption is a desire to get rich by any means. In a free and competitive society, investment of capital can yield only reasonable returns in the long run. But corruption or acceptance of bribes promises a rapid change in financial conditions. Originally the Police and P.W.D. were notorious for corruption but now the evil has spread to almost every Department of Government. Even departments of education and higher learning institutions are no exceptions. They have also become an arena of corruption.

Corruption on society

Widespread of corruption has created disappointment and discontent among the community. The machinery of government gets rusted and ceases to work in the intended manner. Corruption decreases respect for law and sense for allegiance to the government. In a society governed by corrupt officials, the whole system of moral, ethical, and religious values impaired is the distinction between right and wrong disappears. Revolutions and military takeovers become common. Every student of history knows that one of the main causes of the downfall of nations had been corruption.

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