"If you are born into a world ruled by corruption- What would you do?" says a documentary on Kiran Bedi, Yes Madam, Sir. The line raises many questions on our mind, that how corruption has become a part of normal life. This is more of a black patch in the society that has a terrible impact on the economy as well as causes huge social instability and riots at times. But, as they say, be the change you want to see- here are two organisations, fighting the oddities related to political reforms to make India 'clean', in the true sense of the term.
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) & National Election Watch (NEW) recently analysed the self-sworn affidavits of current Ministers in State Assemblies and Union Territories across India. A total of 609 Ministers out of 620 have been analysed across 29 State Assemblies and 2 Union Territories.
Please find below a detailed summary of the survey that was released by Association for Democratic Reform's Website on August 5, 2016:
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*Some ministers may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns.
The Pie chart reveals the literacy rate among the number of ministers analyzed. Source: ADR
Graph showing the age group of ministers. Source: ADR
Established in 1999, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) aims to improve governance and strengthen democracy by continuous work in the area of electoral and political Reforms. Removing corruption and decriminalizing the political process is one of the principal focus of the organisation.
On the other hand, National Election Watch (NEW) is a coalition of civil society organizations that began operations surrounding the 1997 Sierra Leonean Presidential elections. Their main objectives are: Observing not only the polling day but the entire electoral process, deploying an Observer in every polling station and preparing a situational report with appropriate recommendations.
Read the case details of the survey at- www.adrindia.org
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