Kautilya Views On "Corruption"
Kautilya is one of the important politicians of the world. Kautilya gave practical views on all other issues including corruption.According to him, "a government servant is like a fish in water." He says that it is difficult to know that fish drink water In the same way it is also very difficult to know whether public servants misuse any department under the government or not. According to Kautilya, the lust and greed of a person compromises his ability and attitude for money, along with which his administrative inefficiency increases.
There is a reduction in the money limit of revenue because there is continuous embezzlement of funds from Treasury accounts. This situation proves to be a hindrance in the development of the state. For this reason Kautilya is valid in the present time. India's rank in Transparency International and Ease of Doing Business Index is falling due to corruption. Corruption in the administrative machinery is fully successful.
Kautilya has described such reasons as following, in which public servants are struggling with corruption.The discretionary power should strictly follow the laws.Corrupt practices must be stopped, for which laws have to be strictly followed.Continuous supervision and monitoring of the work of public servants There should be regular review.Frequent transfer of officers to different department needed. Directly against corruption like whistle-blowing Talk to the highest officials. Kautilya's ideas about the administrators of modern times are quite accurate.
