Corruption is an undesirable, detrimental and atrocious crime that has severely affected our society.

Corruption has not only led to the flopping of the administrative system and meager implementation of law and order, but also some grave issues like scarcity and red tapism. It would not be wrong to say that it has hampered every single aspect of our governance.

We have become habituated to corruption similar to the air we breathe. One of the most characteristic components of society has become corruption that is growing colossally among us.

Corruption is always shadowed by a vicious cycle which has its roots in a corrupt political system. Devoid of transparency, chained by corruption, corrupt money causes corrupt political actions and inaction.

Political corruption produces corruption in every corner of public and private life, given the predominance of politics everywhere.

On the one hand bureaucracy, as the tool of policy execution, is easily susceptible to those who benefit from certain policy choices and on the other hand the private sector, in the form of maximizing profit, acquires legal protection and government bureaucrats willing to accept favors and kickbacks.

corruption persists because of scarcity whether it be of goods or services, red tapism, ignorance of public, procedural delays, administrative complexity, and lack of transparency.

The humanitarian aid for earthquake victims and reconstruction is yet to be utilized and distributed even after a year; the sole reason being corruption and partition debate among political parties which is a huge embarrassment for all of us.

There are two major corruption issues that concern donor aid in Nepal.

Firstly, the donor aid delivery modalities are still not transparent, instead of pragmatic and victim oriented the modalities are more donor directed and complex which often makes it vulnerable to corruption.

Secondly, without proper distribution mechanism increased flow of aid contributes to increased levels of corruption in a recipient country like Nepal.

Recently the unofficial economic blockade was a clear example of systematic corruption in goods and services from policy level to ground.

It is often witnessed that corrupt individuals keep each other in power to further their own interests and try to act against those who try to fight against this corruption chain.