The Left Democratic Front government has been successful in eradicating political corruption in Kerala but bureaucratic corruption at the lower levels continues to hamper the government’s efforts from reaching the intended beneficiaries at the right time, Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary M.V. Govindan has said.
He was speaking here on Saturday after inaugurating a two-day seminar on governance and administrative reforms, organised by the AKG Centre for Research and Studies and the Kattayikonam V. Sridhar Study Centre, ahead of the Fifth International Congress on Kerala Studies planned in 2024.
“The Left government’s idea of Nava Keralam is aimed at building on the State’s achievements in various sectors and improving the standard of living of the people. But one of the impediments to this aim is that the legislature’s class perspective in working towards social welfare is not always reflected in the other pillars. At the official level, sometimes well-intentioned welfare measures are held up due to bureaucratic obstinacy or corruption. We cannot move forward unless we deal with the problem of corruption and obstinacy,” he said.
