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my indiasite and mypeopleonearth

Friday, February 9, 2007

Globalisation of corruption 1

Truckers pay more than Rs. 22000 crore a year as bribe to police ,RTO ,customers,octroi,and weights and measurements in India .
The staggering amount is the estimate of a survey conducted through interviews with 1222 truck drivers and operators in 12 major trucking hubs of India including Mumbai. The survey ,conducted by marketing&developing research associates (MRDA) for transparency international India was released in Delhi recently.
according to the survey ,the bribe is mostly paid at toll plazas,check posts,state borders and during en route stoppages by one of other agencies on pretext of checking documents.
the survey claim police and RTO share 88% of the bribe collected on roads and in transport offices with the former pocketing 45% of it.
pay bribes for overloading,for permits,for fitness certificate,traffic violations toll payment,octroi,no entry,alcohol abuse,parking,incomplete documents.

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