How do you know its time to bribe?

Bribe in Karnataka is the highest because of the realestate prices in and around Bangalore. BDA and BBMP have the 'highest share', followed by the Taluk office, BESCOM and BWSSB.

 

Instance of Taluk Office - I had to get the survival certificate once my father passed away to get his Pension settled. We had to go to Taluk office on the KG Road. Myself and my mother filled up all the documents. The Peon was telling 'Saahebru innu Bandhilla' and we waited from afternoon 12 to almost 3-30. Saaheba came at 3-30 and he was in seat just for 30 minutes or so. I requested him for the survival certificate and presented the application. He asked us to come after 15 days, I requested him that we have to get the pension papers processed and we need it ASAP. He started his tune 'everyone is urgent, I am so busy, do not have time' etc.. and told us politely to come after 15 days it will be done.People who had come there were roaming around from months together. Near my house there was a typist sitting in Taluk office. He took the documents and charged 1,000 rupees. He got everything done within one day and gave door delivery!!  This was a reasonable bribe and I was ready to shell out.

 We have so many records such as Marraige Certificate, still why need Survivor Certificate. Our System makes these bribe taking people to grow.

Same is the RTO bribe. 1,000 rupees for DL through driving school!!

 Especially in the real estate field, people are minting money due to lakhs of bribe since there is no transparency in our document system like the site records.

Hi, I wanted to narrate two events : 1) Father's Death certificate : This was 1995 & I applied for this with the hospital's death certificate confirmation letter. I was told to produce a 'pension certificate' & also a 'service certificate'. I immediately grew suspicious as I had been told that a hospital letter would be enough. I questioned why these additional papers were required - no proper answers were forthcoming. I insisted that I would return the next day & to have the death certificate ready. When I returned, as expected, it was'nt ready & I was told to meet the 'sahebru'. After about an hour of waiting, I was called & the 'sahebru' asked me point blank if this was being requested for property transfer. I evaded this & told him that it was a death certificate that I had applied for. The saheb then got the message that I wud'nt budge & was not open to paying. He asked me to return the next working day, which was monday. Accordingly, I returned monday & hey presto ! my father's death certificate had been made ready. Although I wasted five days & had to make several trips, I had ensured that nothing was paid to anyone, but the lesson here is that they try to test your patience & ask you repeatedly to visit their office, in an attempt to extract some cash in exchange for quicker attention. 2) Registration of Plot (1996) : I had to re-register my plot after house construction & had been doing the rounds at the sub-registrar's office. I was initially told to produce Indira Vikas Patra for Rs.10,000, & almost miraculously, an agent, selling the same appeared out of nowhere. When I said that I do not have to buy this, I was told that re-registration of property requires a payment. I said I would pay what was due. Actually, in this case, since registration had already been paid previously, I was entitled for exemption, but I was unaware of this at the time. The clerk told me to return the next day with Rs.7000/- for the re-registration. Accordingly, I returned the next day with the money, only to be told by the clerk that he would 'reduce' it & to sign an application, requesting exemption. I signed the application & he asked for Rs.4000/-. I asked him to wait & went out. Later, after I had spoken to sources familiar with this, I went in again & demanded the re-registration loudly. The clerk looked quite shocked, but I had been successful in upsetting him. He had then told me to come again the next day. The next day, the registration went well. The 'mamool' (Rs.50/-) for the 'stamp' guy was unavoidable, though, as also Rs.100/- for the same clerk, who had nearly pleaded with me. I feel the sub-registrar offices are the worst, & bribes are collected routinely for nearly all registrations. So far, the law only punishes the bribe taker. I feel the bribe giver is also equally responsible for this. Unless both are punished, this practice is bound to continue. What are your thoughts ?

hey hi vasanth,

 

I need to get a survival certificate myself,can u help in getting in contact with ur contact person

Thanks

hemanth(email:punith.hemanth@gmail.com)