ZERO RUPEE
This is a novel campaign launched by ’5th Pillar,’ a non-profit non-governmental organisation formed to fight the common enemy of the nation — corruption.
"The note is a way for any human being to say no to corruption without the fear of facing an encounter with persons in authority," 5th Pillar has declared in an official statement.
In 2007 a non-profit organization called 5th Pillar unveiled a new means for Indians to register their refusal to participate in bribery — the "zero rupee note".Closely patterned after the nation's fifty rupee notes, these documents instead included anti-corruption slogans
"Eliminate corruption at all levels"
and
"I promise to neither accept not give bribe".
The concept of privately-issued and valueless fantasy currency for use in the fight against corruption has recently been extended from India to two other nations suffering from endemic government bribery problems, Mexico and Nepal.
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