he following technologies have created an environment by which there could be greater transparency in our modern communities. Corruption can be checked by naming and shaming and more important bring to book those who indulge in it.
Some of these technologies are likely to be useful and emerge as enablers in combating corruption.
1.Smart phones with facilities for taking photographs, recording conversations and ever growing applications for a wide range of activities. These have made every citizen a potential vigilance activist and whistleblower.
2.The citizens’ power is multiplied by the large number of TRP hungry 24x7 news channels. Naming and shaming as a strategy for corruption was initiated for the first time in the world by the CVC in January 2000 when the names of corrupt officials of the senior civil services like IPS, IAS, IRS against whom prosecution has been recommended or major penalty suggested by CVC, were published. This scope has increased tremendously thanks to the ubiquitous application of information technology in the context of e-governance and e-seva.
The manipulative technologies regarding voice and data and the working of criminal minds have also raised the danger of misuse and cyber-crimes. In this context the effective use of technologies for combating corruption will depend upon application of intelligent common sense and thinking innovatively. As Oscar Wilde said, “the thief is the artist, the policeman is only a critic”.
With an awareness of this basic principle the wide range of technologies available today not only in IT but in other areas we find that technology can indeed help to combat corruption and usher in good governance. Each one of us can participate in building a well governed clean India.
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