Here is what the PM can do about corruption

The Lok Pal Bill and the jailing of the suspects in the 2G scam mean that controlling corruption is back on the radar screen.

Two questions merit particular attention today.

Is controlling corruption important in India's current economic circumstances?

And what can this prime minister, of unimpeachable personal credentials yet uncomfortably confronted with the recent scandals, do about it?

Text: Arvind Subramanian, Business Standard

The author is Senior fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Centre for Global Development

Image: Activists from the Samajwadi Abhiyan (Socialist campaign) protest against Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi and Congress-led UPA government during a demonstration in this 2006 file photo.

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