Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
India’s everyday corruption often happens far away from the headlines, through small bribes demanded for routine government services. From driving licences and police verification to RTO, land records, passport offices and municipal services, Bribes.fyi is building a crowdsourced public database of citizens’ reported bribery experiences.
With 600+ reports across 250+ cities, the platform allows people to anonymously report how much bribe they were asked to pay, which department was involved, and whether they paid or refused. Police departments account for the highest number of reports, followed by the RTO and Revenue/Land Records departments.
But what can this data actually tell us about corruption in India? Can everyday bribes really be mapped? And can anonymous, self-reported data be trusted as a measure of corruption?
In this video, we explain how Bribes.fyi works, what its early data reveals, why Police and RTO reports dominate the platform, what happens when citizens refuse to pay bribes, and the biggest limitations of using crowdsourced data to understand India’s everyday corruption.
#India #Corruption #BribesFYI #Bribery #Bribe #IndianCorruption #RTO #Police #BribeData #jist #jistnews
India’s everyday corruption often happens far away from the headlines, through small bribes demanded for routine government services. From driving licences and police verification to RTO, land records, passport offices and municipal services, Bribes.fyi is building a crowdsourced public database of citizens’ reported bribery experiences.
With 600+ reports across 250+ cities, the platform allows people to anonymously report how much bribe they were asked to pay, which department was involved, and whether they paid or refused. Police departments account for the highest number of reports, followed by the RTO and Revenue/Land Records departments.
But what can this data actually tell us about corruption in India? Can everyday bribes really be mapped? And can anonymous, self-reported data be trusted as a measure of corruption?
In this video, we explain how Bribes.fyi works, what its early data reveals, why Police and RTO reports dominate the platform, what happens when citizens refuse to pay bribes, and the biggest limitations of using crowdsourced data to understand India’s everyday corruption.
#India #Corruption #BribesFYI #Bribery #Bribe #IndianCorruption #RTO #Police #BribeData #jist #jistnews
