Inspector Raj in India - Inputs on Root Causes
Below are the key issues as identified by you on Inspector Raj in our country.
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Inspector Raj – Key Issues
1. When businesses apply for licenses or permissions, they are at the mercy of the inspectors to complete the paperwork
2. They unnecessarily come up with objections while issuing certificates
3. Businessmen are harassed and bribes are demanded
4. Inspectors for fire, labour, pollution, quality, excise, weights & measures almost always engage in bribes
5. Inspectors specific to different industries like drug inspector, transport inspector etc have fixed rates per month or per transaction
6. The inspections done by the inspectors are arbitrary and based on the whims and fancy of the officials
7. Reports are never transparent
8. They work on cases at their own pace and don’t care about the suffering of the general public
9. Inspectors manhandle the detainees at the police station
10. Inspector don’t let honest people do their work honestly
11. Police and Municipal put pressure on individuals to stop construction till their palms are greased
12. In many cases, inspectors facilitate corruption for a chain of officials in the hierarchy and act as collection agents. more