Uttar Pradesh government has taken a big step for transparency in the system to a great extent. 13 lakh UP government employees can lose salaries over this order.
All government employees to tell their movable and immovable assets, on The portal Manav Sampada. by the 31st of August.
Total govt employees in UP
The order has been extended multiple times already. Now if anyone does not follow the order, then as per 1999 UP Government Servant Discipline and Under the appeal rules.
salaries will be cut and they will not get promotions. out of 1788429 government employees, only 26 percent filled the asset declaration till now.
UP Govt vs opposition
Minister Danish Ansari said This will enhance transparency and accountability in the government.
A spokesperson of the Samajwadi Party says that now the government is realizing after 7 years of rule that all the employees in UP are corrupt.
The worldwide situation
A report by Transparency International told India at 93 out of 180 countries in the Corruption Perception Index. it means that the country is highly corrupt. Sri Lanka is at number 133.
ChinaтАЩs rank has improved and currently, it is at number 76. The reason is in the last 10 years. the Chinese Government has taken huge action against its employees.
Crackdown on 7 million officials. the government took action against 37 lakh employees, they were arrested and removed.
Solution
Especially in India, the long-term solution is to have proper institutional checks.
UP government believes that this step will be able to stop corruption to a great extent, so now we have to see what happens. should it be implemented in the entire country?
