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Observed arrival · 2026-08-30

Chai Paani Turns Bribe Reports Into a Public Ledger

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An Indian crowdsourced registry of anonymous bribe reports, organized by department, city, state, amount, and refusal outcome.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-30 issue.

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The registry records the department, city, service, amount, payment method, and outcome for each account, then rolls those entries into state, city, and department views. Its refusal-success table adds an unusual countermeasure to the usual corruption ranking: Goa shows work completed for 2 of 2 reporters who declined to pay, while Karnataka has the largest report count at 39. The page cautions that reporting volume is not a measure of corruption prevalence.

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