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Uncovering corruption and



          punishing culprits not enough






         The country needs to implement medium                   enerally, isolated instances do not rise to the level
         and long-term measures that demonstrate                 of severe or pervasive needed to establish the
                                                                 gravity of the issue. If, however, it’s widespread,
         the country’s serious commitment to                     it may suffice to state a claim. It’s true that the
         eliminate the structural causes of graft,      G tenure of the Narendra Modi dispensation to date
                                                        managed to avoid mega corruption scandals, but it’s also true
         writes debasish bhattacharyya                  that it failed to take corruption and bribery issues head-on
                                                        creating proper anti-corruption mood or network. Let’s consid-




















































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