Aiming to provide a platform addressing the issue of corruption faced by citizens in obtaining necessary documents and approvals by the government agencies, a Bengaluru-based NGO Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy launched website in Hindi ‘Maine Rishwat Di’ in the State capital on Wednesday.
Started with the sole aim of collecting data and addressing the issue of bribe faced at virtually every step of government organizations the NGO has achieved success after the launch of ipaidbribe.com in Bengaluru in providing a platform which could pool the grievances and after sorting the pattern concerned authorities of the department are contacted with the data details and not only the authorities were informed but they have also taken action to mollify the loop holes in their system.
Speaking with the media persons Gitesh Bansal, Solution Manager of Janaagraha Centre told that the website targeted the bribe demanded by the officials for providing services which they are assigned to provide free of cost as they are being by the government in the form of salaries.
Website does not target big scams but it deals with the rampant corruption which has penetrated deep into system. The website is launched in the year 2010 and has received good response as the number of people providing details has increased many times in a short span of three years, he added. Bansal told that the language barrier was hindering the reach as millions were not able to provide their problems in English and to target around 6 million Indian which are comfortable in Hindi would find in easy to share their issue regarding bribe.
He was encouraged by the response received from the state after the launch of the Hindi website as till date it has received 310 people of Madhya Pradesh reporting their experience of bribe. SMS and mobile applications are also being provided and after collecting data concerned authority could be contacted to highlight the issue.