Regional Transport Office
Regional Transport Office (RTO) is an Indian government bureau which is responsible for the registration of vehicles[1] and the issue of Driver's Licences[2] in India. Along with this, the RTO is also responsible to collect the one-time road tax during registration, check for vehicle's insurance and clear the pollution test.[3]
Corruption
RTOs in India have a notoriety of being corrupt and bribing has becoming a "everyday phenomenon".[4] In 2000, a survey conducted by the Public Affairs Centre to study the public administration of Bangalore reported that 57% people had claimed to pay bribe averaging up to ₹ 637 per case.[5] A different survey conducted by students of Colgate University, Hamilton, New York in 2011 that gauged 20 police stations and 6 RTOs in Bangalore reported the Jayanagar RTO to be the "most corrupt" and gave overall low ratings to these RTOs.[6]
In 2014, the then Union Minister of Road Transport, Nitin Gadkari proposed partial closing of RTOs by increasing online functions in order to curb corruption.[7]
References
- ↑ "Registering Vehicle". Government of India. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ↑ "Obtaining Driving Licence". Government of India. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ↑ Rao, Kris (2008). Living and Working in India: The complete practical guide to expatriate life in the sub continent. UK: Hachette UK. ISBN 1848032803.
- ↑ Sen Somit (22 August 2011). "At RTOs, corruption is an everyday problem". Mumbai: The Times of India. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ Benchmarking Urban Services: The Second Report Card from Bangalore. Public Affairs Centre. 2000. p. 2.
- ↑ Madhusoodan M K (12 September 2011). "Jayanagar RTO found to be most corrupt". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ Baishali Adak (1 September 2014). "Will scrapping of RTOs curb corruption?". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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