by FP_admin | Dec 5, 2019 | Media Coverage
CAMDEN, Maine –Birth certificates. Driver’s licenses. Ration cards. In India, these and other documents are the essential records of everyday life, as they are in most of the developed world. Government papers are necessary for virtually every aspect of professional...
by FP_admin | Dec 5, 2019 | Media Coverage
5th Pillar India, a Chennai-based NGO, has come up with an innovative way to fight corruption. The NGO has designed, printed and distributed notes in zero-rupee denominations, urging people to hand them out whenever anyone asked for a bribe. The notes, which look like...
by FP_admin | Dec 5, 2019 | Media Coverage
THE CHALLENGE Minimizing corruption in India is about a lot more than getting citizens to report on bribe requests. The real challenge lies in addressing a climate wherein corruption is status quo — people expect to encounter it, anticipate paying bribes in exchange...
by FP_admin | Dec 5, 2019 | Media Coverage
In India, where corruption costs the public and private sectors millions of dollars a year, demands for petty bribes are frequently signaled in code: ”Take care of me” or, for a two-note handout, ”Make Gandhi smile twice.” Illegal demands by police and bureaucrats are...
by FP_admin | Dec 5, 2019 | Media Coverage
It is now a way-of-life to bribe someone for getting a job done in a Government office. Even though the government officer is supposed to do his duty, we are pushed to bribe to get a birth certificate or driving license or marriage certificate or land registration...
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