The Role of Anti Corruptions Strategies in Combating Corruption

just as it is impossible to know when a fish moving in water is drinking it, so it is impossible to find out when government servants in charge of undertakings misappropriate money (kautilya, te Arthashastra.2.9.33) From as far back in the 4th century B. C. as Kautilyas Arthashastra to the Saradha Group financial scandal in the contemporary period, corruption in India is a topic which seems to never fall out of focus and is widely perceived to be an common phenomenon. In combating corruption the Indian governments track record has not been very effective If We go through the newspaper & switch on television most hard-hitting headlines have been about scams, cases of graft, widespread corruption, cheating & bribery and whistle-blowers. Corruption has become a prominent issue & progressively increasing in almost every sector in India. Our society itself provides support and nourishment for prevalence and explosion of corruption. At one time bribe was given to getting wrong/unethical things done but now bribe is also paid for getting right things done at right time. The objective of the study is to review the existing anti corruptions strategies, & why these measures & initiatives of Indian government in combating corruption have not been able to give desired results