Chapter 7 Section 11: Citizen’s Charter
GS Paper 4 · Chapter 7 · Probity in Governance Citizen’s Charter — Definition, Origin, Six Principles, Challenges & Way Forward “The Citizen’s Charter translates the abstract principle of accountability into a measurable, public contract between the state and the citizen — exposing the gap between institutional promise and administrative delivery.” What You Will Learn […]
Chapter 7 Section 10: Codes of Ethics & Codes of Conduct
GS Paper 4 · Chapter 7 · Probity in Governance Codes of Ethics & Codes of Conduct — The Institutional Architecture of Civil Service Ethics “A Code of Conduct tells an officer what she must not do. A Code of Ethics tells her who she must be. Without the second, the first is a cage […]
Chapter 7 Section 9: Existing Anti-Corruption Institutional Framework
GS Paper 4 · Chapter 7 · Probity in Governance Existing Anti-Corruption Institutional Framework — Lokpal, CVC, CBI, CAG, PCA & Special Courts “The architecture is, on paper, comprehensive. What matters is the gap between institutional design and institutional performance — and the political will required to close it.” What You Will Learn in This […]
Chapter 7 Section 8: Ways to Tackle Corruption
GS Paper 4 · Chapter 7 · Probity in Governance Ways to Tackle Corruption — Strategies from Individual Reform to International Cooperation “Corruption survives where opportunity, motivation, and rationalisation converge. Remove any one leg and the corruption ecology becomes unstable. Remove all three and it collapses.” What You Will Learn in This Section This page […]
Chapter 7 Section 7: Challenges of Corruption
GS Paper 4 · Chapter 7 · Probity in Governance Challenges of Corruption — Types, Causes, Cascading Impacts & Kautilya’s Structural Diagnosis “Just as it is impossible to know when a fish moving in water is drinking it, it is equally impossible to know when government servants in charge of undertakings are misappropriating public resources.” […]
Chapter 7 Section 6: Accountability & Ethical Governance
GS Paper 4 · Chapter 7 · Probity in Governance Accountability & Ethical Governance — Dimensions, Mechanisms, Social Accountability & the Responsibility Distinction “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Accountability structures must be proportionate to the power held — the more concentrated the authority, the more critical and robust the oversight must […]
Chapter 7 Section 5: Right to Information Act, 2005
GS Paper 4 · Chapter 7 · Probity in Governance Right to Information Act, 2005 — Constitutional Basis, Architecture, Challenges & Way Forward “Where a society has chosen to accept democracy as its creedal faith, it is elementary that citizens ought to know what their government is doing.” — Justice P.N. Bhagwati What You Will […]
Chapter 7 Section 4: Transparency in Governance
GS Paper 4 · Chapter 7 · Probity in Governance Transparency in Governance — RTI, Proactive Disclosure, Social Audits & Participative Governance “A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both.” — James Madison What You Will Learn in […]
Chapter 7 Section 3: Principles of Probity
GS Paper 4 · Chapter 7 · Ethics & Integrity Principles of Probity in Public Administration — Transparency, Accountability, Integrity, Impartiality & Responsibility “Probity is not the absence of corruption — it is the active presence of values that make institutions trustworthy regardless of who runs them. The five principles are not a checklist; they […]
Chapter 7 Section 2: Need for Probity in Governance
GS Paper 4 · Chapter 7 · Probity in Governance Need for Probity in Governance — Legitimacy, Impartiality, Checks & Balances, Development and Culture of Integrity “The crux of ethical behaviour does not lie only in standards, but in their adoption in action and in issuing sanctions against their violation. Rules can be enacted overnight; […]