1. India ranks among the world’s top
5 countries in-
Cricket
 Film Industry- Bolly, Tolly, Kolly woods
Information Technology
World Beauty Contests
No. of Millionaires

2. India’s rank in Corruption
o Transparency International’s
Corruption Perception Index- 85th
o TI’s Bribe Payers Index-
Among 30 Leading Exporting Countries- 30th

3. Daily life of a common man?
Every citizen has to pay an ‘EXTRA’ fee over the Govt
fee for every –
service, certificate or process in Govt departments
Pricelist varies across departments and different
classes of people
NO BRIBE, NO SERVICE

4. What is 5th
Pillar?
4 Pillars of our Democracy –
o Legislative
o Executive
o Judiciary
o Press
5th
Pillar – WE, The Citizens
“Enable, Encourage and Empower Every
Citizen of India to Eliminate Corruption at all
levels of Society”

5. The ZERO Rupee Note….
……………Another non-cooperation movement
2001 - Idea conceived and design created
2006– 5th
Pillar released it at a public event and distributed
the Zero Rupee Note widely in Tamil Nadu, India
Distributed more than a million copies so far
Citizens use it in Govt offices where Bribes are demanded or
work is purposely delayed

6. The front….

7. and the back…

8. “FREEDOM from CORRUPTION”
Campaign launched in Aug 2007
Covered all districts of TN, few in AP, Karnataka
600 plus colleges & schools and counting….
500, 000 students pledged-
‘I will not take or give bribe’

9. “Signing a contract with my nation…”

10. The flag of
“Freedom from Corruption”

11. “Taking bribe =
Stealing or Begging”

12. Be the change…..

14. Together, we can…..

15. “I will neither receive or pay a bribe”

16. I love India….

17. ZeroCurrency.org
Zero Currency website (www.zerocurrency.org )
to encourage and propagate the idea in other countries
Downloadable “Zero currency” images of respective
countries based on the Zero rupee design

18. Citizen’s Handbook – Know Your Rights
Informed citizenry to tackle corruption
Procedure, Timeline, Fee Structure and
Escalation Process
Volunteers working on gathering relevant but
concise data to provide in ‘ready reckoner’ form.

19. Zero Rupee Note (ZRN)
Printed and distributed ONLY 1,000,000 so far.
Population of 1.1 billion plus
Average of 4-5 members/family
250 million copies of ZRN

20. Can We achieve our goal ?Can We achieve our goal ?
Yes . We CAN.
“A Nation suffers not because of the rascals,
but due to the silence of the good people”
Lets break the silence………..

21. 5th
PILLAR
ENDcorruption@5thpillar.org Fax: +1 202 318 8948 www.5thpillar.org
VIJAY ANAND, Co-founder & President - cleanpolitics@gmail.com,
+91 98406 18948
National HQ -New Delhi,
India
Operations Center - Chennai, India
Overseas HQ - Washington
DC