Corruption : India's Enemy Within  

C P Srivastava - A distinguished IAS officer, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1972.

Introduction • Indian Administration at the Time of Independence • Jawaharlal Nehru – Founding Father of the New Indian State • Lal Bahadur Shastri – A Life of Integrity • Indira Gandhi and the Problems of Administration • Rajiv Gandhi – A Brilliant Beginning and a Tragic End • Cancerous Growth of Corruption in the Post-Rajiv Gandhi Period • Precipitous and Pervasive Decline in Integrity and Standards • What then Must India do? • The Corruption of the Political Class and its Possible Reform • The Corruption and Decadence of the India Administrative Service – India’s ‘Steel Frame’ – and its Possible Regeneration • Towards an Honest Polity • Towards an Ethics-based Society • Towards Ethics in Business and Industry • Action at the International Level for Combating Corruption • Epilogue • Appendix • Select Bibliography • Index