01262pab a2200157 454500008004000000100001900040245007600059260000900135300001500144362001200159520081200171650002300983650001501006700003901021773004401060180718b2011 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d aRamabrahman, I aCombating corruption: The need for strengthening anti corruption bureau c2011 ap.710-720. aJul-Sep aOver 50 years ago Andhra Pradesh established an ACB and it developed some good practices. But due to globalisation and introduction of neo-liberal policies the scale of corruption and opportunities to indulge in have considerably increased. Can the ACBs in their current structure with suboptimal human resource, low budgetary support, lack pf access to best technologies discharge their functions? What challenges are these facing now?Can there be new agenda for the ACBs in general with the prosect of Lokpal at the national level and reinvigorated Lokayukta on the anvil? This article focuses on the current practices of ACB to check corruption in administration and attemts to present, an assesment along with a futuristic perspective on how organisational reengineering can be thought of. - Reproduced. aCorruption - India aCorruption aPani, Biswachintamni Ambika Prasad aIndian Journal of Public Administration