Find a word/phrase from the passage which means the same as ' too much officialdom'. From the given paragraph

2. Independent India has a series of problems. They include corruption, red tapism, exploitation of women, child labour, poverty, etc. Even though the government has tried to improve the situation and spent crores of rupees for development, the problems like poverty and population explosion are haunting. If we think for a while, we will realise that modern education has not given importance to the teaching of moral values. This lack of importance given to teaching of moral values is the main reason for our vicious¹ circle of problems.