NEW DELHI, May 4, 2015: Transparency International India, the India Chapter of Transparency International, a global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, and
LocalCircles,
India's leading community social media network, is initiating online and mobile based citizen communities in
India to fight corruption. This will be first of its kind online national and local anti-corruption community networks in the world.
These citizen communities, accessible online and via mobile phones will be at both, national and district levels in
India, enabling citizens of
India to create awareness about corruption, give inputs on various aspects of corruption experienced by them and actively participate in the change process of reducing corruption in
India.
The national anti-corruption community will be utilised to seek citizen views on various types of corruption in
India, submit collective whitepapers to Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) and other investigation agencies.
The local district level communities will facilitate citizen exchange on how to get work done without corruption in their area with local bodies like municipality, panchayat, property registration office, transport, water and other government departments. At a later date, the state level Lokayuktas or Anti-Corruption bureaus may be directly invited to join the LocalCircles.
"This community is a classic example of technology and community coming together for a good cause and LocalCircles is pleased to be the enabling platform," said
Sachin Taparia, Chairman & CEO, LocalCircles. "With the LocalCircles mobile app, any citizen will be able to report corruption on thier fingertips and seek inputs from others in their district on how to get a particular work done without paying a bribe," continued Taparia.
"Transparency International India is committed to the cause of reducing corruption in
India and in today's age there is no better way than technology to create awareness about corruption and fight it," said
P.S. Bawa, Chairman, Transparency International India.
"Transparency International India through this partnership is looking at making Fighting Corruption, a civil society movement in
India and will leverage its expertise and network in
India to enable citizens to collectively act against corruption," said Ashutosh Kr. Mishra,
ED TII.
"This initiative will help in strengthening of our present Advocacy and Legal Advice (ALAC) program of
India opined," Rama Nath Jha Director (ALAC) of TII. All who care about building a corruption free
India are invited to join the National Circle called "Fighting Corruption Together" by visiting
http://tinyurl.com/Fight-Corruption-Together.
Once someone joins the National Circle, they will automatically be given access to their district's anti-corruption circle as it becomes available.
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