Bribe is mandatory. So what if you are 60?
By Rupsa Chakraborty
Senior citizens need to fight an uphill task to procure the humble pension provided to them. One of our respondents from Bangalore writes in to say that pension agents, postmasters and government officers demand a cut before handing over the pension to them. http://www.ipaidabribe.com/bribe-central/old-age-pension.
A citizen of Kolkata (in West Bengal) complained on our web portal how his 63-year-old father was harassed by the passport department. The senior citizen had to visit the passport department for his passport verification. The father was sent thrice to his house to fetch different documents. After the harassment, the inspector demanded Rs 1,000 to verify the credentials on the passport. After much bargaining, the case was settled for Rs 600.
These are not isolated instances as similar reports have been filed from across the country.