Former President APJ Abdul Kalam described corruption as a cause of concern for society and appealed to youth to come forward and help in "eradicating" the menace.
"Everyone should listen to their conscience before doing anything. Youth and children should come forward and help in eradicating corruption from the country," Kalam said while delivering valedictory address at the National Summit on National Value Crisis and Redressal in New Delhi.
He also said a powerful independent commission on the lines of the one in place in Hong Kong could help in curbing corruption.
"I got the information through the Internet and from great scholars about the Hong Kong experience. Hong Kong, 40 years back, was described as what we witness in