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Comment: Corruption in Administration in India and its impact on socio-economic reconstruction.

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  • 20 marks
  • Principal Organs of Government

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Corruption is the abuse of public office for private gain. Gunnar Myrdal (Asian Drama, 1968) treated it as the signature of the "soft state" — one where laws are made but not enforced and officials collude with the powerful they are meant to regulate. In India the stakes were higher because socio-economic reconstruction — planning,…

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  • Why Indian administration is corruption-prone
  • Impact on socio-economic reconstruction
  • Responses and their limits
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