Written by: Binit Kayastha - 25075, Grade XI
Posted on: 07 August, 2023
Corruption is dishonest or illegal behavior especially committed by the people of authority and power. It is concerned with unnecessary and wrong use of power and position by anyone. It is truly said that corruption is a social evil which ruins our country. Today most of the countries in the world are suffering from this evil. Corruption in our country is increasing day by day. It might be just to earn money to fulfill their greed. Not only the corrupt people who engage in corrupt activities are responsible for corruption but also the people who support them are responsible. They use illegal ways to earn more money.They can take money with document work in government offices like they take money to people to do work faster, to do work without any difficulties. Due to this, it is difficult for the people who are financially weak to make their documents. Due to corruption most of the talented people can't get what they want in their life. Corrupt people do not have empathy for others. Many youths are disappointed by the prevalent corruption in the country, and they want to leave their homeland.
Public life, personal life, politics, administration and almost in every field there is corruption in this country. There is no specific punishment for corruption implemented in Nepal. The government of Nepal has adopted various policies, plans and programs to curb corruption over the years, but they seem to be idols. Each year, Transparency International shows that there is a high level of corruption in Nepal. There are many scams that are not included in the public eye but have impacted a lot.
Our country does not seem to have taken any action to control this fatal disease of the nation. It has not taken tough action against corruption. If the people create awareness programs and take action on those people who are corrupted, it could be controlled and it would be a nice place to live in. Government also makes many rules and regulations against these criminals, but these are on paper only no one can take a tough action against the criminals. Due to this, corrupted people get the benefit. They think that nobody takes any action. Corruption is increasing in our country even more in political parties. This is also the reason that our country is not developing.
Although there is no panacea for this disease, still the government can make strict rules and regulations against corruption displaying their will power and take action against the corrupt people to make them punished. If they do this and help the people in their need, only I think that corruption will be minimized. The people of our country should also support the government to end corruption and make our country a corruption-free nation. When our nation becomes a corruption free country, talented people get the good opportunities to do something in their life. Intelligent youths will not go abroad and our country could be developed using that human resource. We need to feel the urgency of thinking about this issue before it is too late.
