Initial Inventive

Anna Hazare's initial inventive in the form of 'fast unto death' agitation in Delhi's Jantar Mantar for ensuring the enactment of 'Lokpal Bill' in the ensuing session of Parliament has been successfully executed with the announcement by Government of India of a Joint Committee for drafting the proposed bill. Lokpal's appointment and establishment of his office on the lines suggested by the Civil Society headed by Hazare is only the first step in the direction of controlling corruption from the top level. Top level politicians at the helm of affairs, bureaucrats and judges at the Government of India level are to be monitored and controlled in their day-to-day affairs of public governance and administration. Certain amount of fear and control for impartial conduct and flaw-less delivery of services is to be instilled in the minds and activities of those public dignitaries . Corruption-free governance and administration are to start from the top. Subsequently the middle layer and the gross-roots cutting edges can be tackled easily and constantly by showing deterrence and drawing lessons from the top level players. Once the Lokpal and his establishment are in place with full powers and duties, the secondary reform could be ready to ensure abolition of corruption at the middle and lower tiers of administration. That exercise would need at least 6 months to 1 year. We appreciate the initiative taken and the leadership role provided by Sri Anna Hazare at this juncture.