Dehradun, Sept. 13 -- Corruption in India acts like a malignant cancer, quietly consuming the nation's democratic foundations, economic health, and social equity. What began as a tool to bypass bureaucratic delays has institutionalised itself into a multi-layered system, widening the gap between the rich and the poor while rotting public trust from within.
The rapid spread of this systemic decay stems from several deeply entrenched structural flaws. One of these is political and electoral exploitation. The skyrocketing cost of financing election campaigns forms a dangerous nexus between politicians, bureaucrats, and criminals. These dependencies force political actors to rely heavily on opaque, illicit funds. Then there is bureaucratic ine...