01191pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001600040245007500056260000900131300001400140362001200154520079700166650002300963650001500986773004401001180718b2011   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKapur, V.P.  aControlling corruption in India: Various approaches and their efficacy  c2011  ap.544-553  aJul-Sep  aCorruption is not a new phenomenon. What is alarming is the extent of the rot-both in its magnitude and its apparent all-pervasiveness-as also the highest levels of governance to which it has reached. Efficacy of the existing system, laws and procedures can have relevance for effective functioning/governance only if the political master have the will to act honestly; competent, honest and dedicated officers are placed in sensitive positions; allowed to act according to laws of the land and are made accountable for their actions.They have to be provided with the required manpower and infrastructure; and back-up of competent, honest and dedicated legal advisers and prosecutors, Who are not remote -controlled by some outside elements or amenable to extraneous influences. - Reprodeced.  aCorruption - India  aCorruption  aIndian Journal of Public Administration