This book is a treatise on vigilance, compliance and anti-corruption. It is based on empirical and realistic approach to the subject, with some interpretations from ancient wisdoms. The book will be of interest to bureaucrats and senior managers in government, public and private sectors, and to political practitioners and policy-makers.
Vigilance is founded on the premise that honesty is the best policy. But, at times, it appears counter intuitive and not borne out from the real-life experiences. If vigilance were so easy to comprehend and unconditionally acceptable, then perhaps there would have been no need to teach vigilance, or write any book on it. It would have been instinctive. All of us would have just followed the dogma.
There are four types of corruption:
1. Tribute
2. Coercive corruption
3. Collusive corruption
4. Mass indoctrination
Vigilance authorities concentrate on curbing tributes and coercive corruptions, but collusive corruptions and mass indoctrinations are far more lethal and damaging. The book emphasizes on these two later forms of corruption.
About the Author
Barun Kumar Sahu, the author, is a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. He is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. He has done MBA from IGNOU, with specialization in Finance. Born and brought up in West Bengal, his parents hail from Jharkhand. He is married, and has two daughters. This is his eighth book. He writes in English and Hindi.
The author has over twenty-five years of experience in the public service. It includes five years in vigilance as Chief Vigilance Officer in Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE), Ordnance Factories Board (OFB) and Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPC), and as Vice President of Vigilance Study Circle, Kolkata Chapter. The author handled the personnel matters of central armed police forces in Ministry of Home Affairs for almost four years.
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