I Have Built Something That Can Make India Corruption Free

Hisaab: Mapping Public Works and Accountability

Hisaab is a mapping and public-accountability tool intended to help people track government-funded development work and question officials when promised work appears incomplete or poor quality. The project aims to make public spending easier to inspect and, in the presenter’s view, reduce corruption by increasing pressure for accountability.

The Accountability Gap

The video argues that large development budgets have not resolved persistent problems such as inadequate roads, schools, and hospitals. As an example, the presenter describes recurring floods in Bihar, which have affected the state for decades despite government funding intended to address the problem. The example illustrates the gap between money allocated and improvements people experience.

How Hisaab Works

Hisaab is designed to show public works and infrastructure on a map, alongside available records such as amounts sanctioned, spent, or billed, and information about the people or organizations responsible for the work.

Gathering and matching this information has been difficult. Asset lists often lack payment details, financial records are not clearly linked to specific sites, and state and local systems use different formats. Some documents are blank or inaccessible. The presenter also says that requests to agencies largely went unanswered and that attempts to collect information from some websites led to bans.

What Citizens Can Do

The presenter argues that accountability should focus especially on local representatives, such as MLAs and sarpanches, rather than only national leaders. Citizens are encouraged to:

• Compare records with conditions on the ground.
• Document problems with photos or videos.
• Submit complaints through the platform.
• Raise questions publicly.

The presenter cautions against assuming that the tool alone can resolve the problem.

Project Status

Data collection is ongoing, with ten agents working on it, and more records are expected to be added. Viewers are invited to use the available information and volunteer to help.

Presenter

the.adiram is the presenter. No other contributors are identified.