Comparison of corruption complaints received against employees of various ministries in 2016
11200- Railways
6513 - Home
6018 - Banks
2646 - IT deptt
2514...
more... - Urban Development
2496 - Petroleum
2392 - Telecommunication
1746 - labour
1668 - Food and Consumer Affairs
1420 - customs and excise
1376 - public sector insurance companies
1369 - Steel
759 - Coal
724 - Information and Broadcasting
689 - Defence
571 - Health and Family Welfare
479 - Shipping
From above, it is very clear that Railways is distinctly the most notorious department.
And this problem needs to be arrested on priority, if IR is to get out of the existing troubles.
Simply empowering the Employees/Management of finding new and strange ways of revenue augmentation is not a solution.
But stricter control is required to put an end to the myriad of corrupt practices prevailing in Railways.
Much more efficient utilisation of the scarce resources available is need of the hour.