This article is short, but one can gather quickly that the issue of corruption in India is prevalent due to the quantity of people named in the article. While corruption happens at every level, and within most governments, the issue here goes beyond the court system; it affects the whole country in ways not mentioned. One of the major issues in India is that close to 300 million people are hungry, and do not know where their next meal will come from. One in four children may die from malnutrition. While the country has multiple programs put into place that supposedly help the hungry (and in a lot of cases, it does!), there are many instances of corruption within the process of getting the food to the people that limits acquisition of foodgrains.
Corruption from local lawmakers that deny certain castes of their foodgrain allotments, to corruption within the FCI (Food Corporation of India) that stop transport of these grains to locations, and this is felt throughout most of the whole country. It is up to lawmakers at all levels of the government to weed out the corruption and ensure that laws are followed, that regulations are set, and that discrimination ceases.
What is interesting to read are the comments about the article. It gives me hope that people are aware and calling for action. It will be interesting to see if anything comes out of this further than just appointing someone new into the positions.
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