Story of a corrupt Chief Viglance Officer (CVO)

Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) appoints CVO in various government offices. Think what will happen if this CVO himself is corrupt. Here is the story of a CVO officer:

"Running a fake institute from within the IIT Kharagpur Campus is not the only way in which Amit Kumar Ghosh of the aerospace department made his name. From 2006 to 2008, Ghosh was chairman of Joint Entrance Examination, Kharagpur, when the maximum number of bunglings took place. Documents with TOI show that he not only gave false statements but on his charge, material related to JEE was destroyed despite clear rules that it be retained for a year.

Ironically, he was chief vigiliance officer of IIT, Kharagpur till recently.
On August 24, 2006, much after students had taken admission in IITs, as individual marks of candidates were released, it was found that students scoring just 154 marks were declared qualified though students with 279 marks were disqualified.
If this was not enough, Ghosh's response to a student who had not qualified despite scoring 231 marks (104 in physics, 75 in maths and 52 in chemistry) was that "he has not satisfied the marks eligibility criteria laid down for individual subjects as well as the aggregate marks in JEE 2006".
It was revealed in May 2007 that cutoffs for maths, physics, chemistry and aggregate were 37, 48, 55 and 154 respectively for general category students in JEE 2006, and the candidate in question scored much higher marks. But the procedure for cutoff calculation revealed by IITs showed that for maths, physics and chemistry, it should have been 7, 4 and 6 respectively instead of official figure of 37, 48 and 55.
Four different cutoff procedures submitted by IITs could not come to the stated official cutoffs. It also came to light that 994 candidates were deprived of admission due to discrepancy in calculation of cutoffs.
Even as pressure was mounting on IIT directors, chairpersons of board of governors and council members about irregularities, Ghosh sought an approval on October 31, 2006 for shredding of JEE specific material, including ORS scripts. The IIT statute clearly states that JEE papers will not be destroyed for a year."

(Source - TOI)

भ्रष्टाचार - हम सिर्फ बातें करें, इसे दूर कोई और करे

सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने बहुत चिंता जताते हुए कहा कि सरकारी महकमों में बिना पैसा दिए कुछ नहीं होता. मोइली मंत्री ने कहा कि न्यायिक जबाबदेही बिल बस आने वाला है. रिटायर्ड मुख्य विजिलेंस कमिश्नर, सिन्हा ने कहा कि हर तीसरा इंडियन भ्रष्ट है. बाबू और राजनीतिबाज को भ्रष्टाचार से अलग कर के देखना तो क्या सोचना भी संभव नहीं है. किसी मंत्री का भ्रष्टाचार जब ख़बरों का विषय बन जाता है तब प्रधानमंत्री उसे क्लीन चिट दे देते हैं. काला धन खेलों में रिकार्ड भ्रष्टाचार पर 'देश की शान पर बट्टा न आये' का पर्दा डाल दिया केंद्र और दिल्ली सरकार ने.

भ्रष्टाचार है, भ्रष्टाचार है, ऐसा कहने वाले आप को बहुत मिल जायेंगे. एक तरह का फैशन हो गया है यह सब कहना. पर इस भ्रष्टाचार को दूर कौन करेगा? क्या कहने भर से यह भ्रष्टाचार दूर हो जाएगा? प्रधानमंत्री को क्या नजर नहीं आता कि उनके कई मंत्री भ्रष्टाचार में लिप्त हैं पर वह उन पर कार्यवाही करने की जगह उन्हें क्लीन चिट देते हैं. सेन्ट्रल बेंक आफ इंडिया का एक अधिकारी बेंक के चैयरमेन एवं मेनेजिंग डाइरेक्टर पर भ्रष्टाचार का आरोप लगाता है, वित्त मंत्रालय कई आरोप सही हैं इसकी पुष्टि भी करता है, पर केन्द्रीय सतर्कता आयोग उसकी शिकायत बंद कर देता है. बेंक कांग्रेस के एक प्रवक्ता को मुकदमा लड़ने के लिए लाखों रुपया देता है. सब मजे करते हैं, बस अधिकारी को प्रताड़ित किया जाता है.

इक्का-दुक्का भ्रष्टाचार करने वाले धर लिए जाते हैं, उन्हें सजा भी मिल जाती है, पर संगठित भ्रष्टाचार और भ्रष्टाचारियों के खिलाफ कुछ नहीं होता. सारी व्यवस्था ऐसे संगठित भ्रष्टाचारियों को सुरक्षा प्रदान करती है. शिकायत करने वाले (सीटी बजाने वाले) बेचारे अपनी नागरिक जिम्मेदारी निभाने के चक्कर में मारे जाते हैं. कितने ऐसे शिकायत कर्ताओं को मार दिया गया पर किसी अपराधी को सजा नहीं मिली.

सुप्रीम कोर्ट पहले कहता है कि सरकारों महकमों में भ्रष्टाचार है पर आगे कहता है कि बेचारे गरीब सरकारी अफसरों को भी कैसे ब्लेम किया जाय इस बढती महंगाई में? यह कैसी जिम्मेदारी निभाई सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने? छटे वेतन आयोग के बाद पगार दुगनी-तिगनी बढ़ गई है पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट के अनुसार महंगाई बाबुओं को भ्रष्ट बना रही है. सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने भी आखिरकार क्लीन चिट ही दे दी बाबुओं को. एक गाना आया है - सखी सैयां तो खूबही कमात है, महंगाई डायन खाए जात है.

Fight against organized corruption

This is the story of a whistleblower, Abhijit Ghosh, who has retired as General Manager of Central Bank of India. He blew the whistle on H A Daruwalla, then Chairperson and Managing Director of the bank. In the eyes of the bank, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Government, he has committed a crime of exposing the organized corruption in the bank. He was harassed and victimized.

He had filed a comprehensive complaint before CVC against corruption of Daruwalla. CVC closed his complaint. CVC was wrong. It proved to be a part of the organized corruption chain. In August 2010, Ministry of Finance had informed the CVC that some of the allegations against daruwalla stand proved. But Daruwalla gets a clean chit and Ghosh is victimized.

Bank had paid Rs. 69.24 lakhs to lawyers to prove a corrupt Daruwalla clean. Out of this Rs. 48.5 lakhs was paid to Congress spokesman, Abhishek Manu Singhvi. Is this not RISHWAT? This is the charactersitic of organized corruption, involve as many influential people in the corruption so that to help themselves they help the corrupt.

CVC which is supposed to be the watchdog against corruption is a part of the organized corruption chain. When Paratyush Sinha CVC retired, he gave a statement that every third Indian is corrupt. On this a minister commented that some bureaucrats become saint after retirement. CLICK TO READ.

Remember what Peoples’ President wrote to People?

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign TVs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.

Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this developed India. You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.

YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke. The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.

YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?

Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name - 'YOURS'. Give him a face - 'YOURS'. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs.. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity… In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs. 650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else. ‘YOU’ would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.' YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand. Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston??? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU, who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India?

In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public.

When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? 'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too….. I am echoing J. F. Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians…..

'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'

Let’s do what India needs from us.

Thank you,

Dr. Abdul Kalam

Jug Suraiya's Ghoos Story

When Jug Suraiya says that he himself is the source of corruption, he says it for all of us. Each one of us is responsible for corruption. My blog says 'Fight Corruption'. At one time or the other, each one of us say, 'Fight Corruption'. When we say this, we mean the corruption which is happenning around us. After reading the 'Ghoos Story' a thought struck me that what about the corruption within me, what about the corruption for which I am responsible? So, when I say 'Fight Corruption', it should not be to fight 'external corruption' only but it should also include 'internal corruption'.

From now onwards, my fight against corruption will be against both external and internal corruption. This is nothing new. It is a part of our culture, mansa, vaacha, karmana - no corruption in speech and action but also in our thoughts.

Corruption may have become something unavoidable, something we have to learn to live with, but our goal should be zero corruption. Every moment we should aim to achieve zero corruption. We know the present level of corruption, ours and others. Let us call it X and Y. We should work to contunually improve the corruption benchmark from X and Y to Zero. We may not achieve it in our lifetime but whatever improvement we are able to make will be a service to the mankind. This will take us near to God. It will purify us, our thoughts, speech and actions.