Where it goes
Full breakdown of fund allocation
We publish our accounts quarterly. Every rupee is tracked, categorised, and reported. This is not optional — it is the condition under which we accept your support.
42%
Field Operations
Travel costs, per diem for community reporters, local fixer fees, and logistics for
on-ground data collection across 12 districts. This is the most expensive and most critical line item.
28%
Technology & Infrastructure
Server hosting, database maintenance, map tile costs, form infrastructure (Tally), and
ongoing development of the public grievance tracker and API endpoints.
18%
RTI & Legal Costs
Filing fees for Right to Information requests, legal review of government responses, and
escalation costs when departments fail to respond within statutory deadlines.
8%
Translation & Accessibility
Hindi translation of all public-facing content, audio summaries for low-literacy users,
and local language grievance form support for remote tehsils in Kinnaur, Lahaul, and Chamba.
4%
Payment Processing
Gateway fees, transaction charges, and banking costs. We absorb these entirely so that
100% of what you intend to give reaches the project. This figure is the actual cost, not a rounding error.
0%
Political donations, advertising, and undisclosed
sponsorships
We accept none of the above. This box exists to make the constraint explicit, not to
take credit for it.
Your contribution in concrete terms
What specific amounts actually fund
These are not estimates. They are based on actual costs incurred in Q1 2025 operations.
| Amount | What it funds | Category | Estimated impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| ₹100 | Covers the Tally form submission cost for approximately 25 grievance entries, including storage and timestamp verification. | Infrastructure | 25 verified field records |
| ₹200 | One tehsil-level call verification — cross-checking a submitted grievance with a second local source before publishing to the live map. | Field Ops | 1 verified grievance report |
| ₹500 | One day of field time for a community reporter in a district town — travel, data collection, photo documentation, and structured note submission. | Field Ops | 8–12 new grievance entries |
| ₹1,000 | One RTI filing with the HP Public Works Department including postage, notarisation, and follow-up tracking for 30 days. | RTI / Legal | 1 official information request |
| ₹2,500 | Full district-level data sweep — two field days, 3–4 tehsils visited, photography, GPS tagging, and structured data entry into the grievance database. | Field Ops | 1 complete district update |
| ₹5,000 | One month of server and map tile costs for the live grievance tracker, keeping the public dashboard operational and updated for all 12 districts. | Infrastructure | 30 days of public data access |
| ₹10,000 | Funds a full constituency-level accountability audit — grievance mapping, RTI cross-reference, MLA response tracking, and a published PDF report distributed to local press. | Research | 1 published constituency report |
| ₹25,000 | Covers one quarter of Hindi translation and accessibility work, including audio summaries of the top 10 grievances per district for broadcast on community radio. | Accessibility | 12 district audio reports |
Why monthly giving matters
Field teams need predictable funding. Reporting doesn't work on a one-time budget.
The nature of infrastructure accountability is cumulative. A pothole reported in October needs follow-up in January. An RTI filed in March needs a second-stage appeal in June. Monthly donors make this continuity possible. One-time donations are welcome — but monthly giving is what keeps a reporter in the field rather than the office.
Start monthly giving →Monthly giving unlocks
Quarterly transparency report — detailed account of where every rupee was spent,
emailed directly to monthly donors before public release.
Priority district requests — monthly donors above ₹500/mo can flag a
constituency or tehsil for inclusion in the next field sweep.
RTI result notifications — when a government department responds (or fails to)
to a filed RTI, monthly donors receive the document first.
Annual accountability letter — a full year-end audit of the project, naming
every funder tier, every cost line, and every piece of data produced.
Editorial independence
What your donation does not buy
Independence is not a marketing claim. These are operational rules that govern how we work, enforced regardless of donation size.
01
No donor influence on coverage
Your donation funds operations, not editorial direction. No donor — individual,
institutional, or anonymous — can request inclusion, exclusion, or framing of any grievance or
constituency.
02
No political party funding
We do not accept donations from registered political parties, candidates,
political trusts, or entities with declared party affiliations. This applies to all parties without
exception.
03
No government or public sector money
We do not accept CSR funds, government grants, municipal contracts, or funding
from public sector undertakings. Our accountability function requires that we owe nothing to the entities
we track.
04
All donors publicly disclosed above ₹10,000
Any single contribution above ₹10,000 will be listed by name (or organisation)
in our quarterly transparency report. Anonymity is not available above this threshold.
05
Raw data is always public
The underlying grievance dataset is freely downloadable regardless of your
donation status. We do not gate public interest information behind paywalls or donor tiers.
06
Donations are not tax-deductible
We are not a registered trust or Section 8 company. We will not claim 80G status
to attract funding we have not properly structured to receive. We are building that infrastructure — until
then, we are honest about what we are.
From the field
Why this work matters, in people's own words
These are from citizens who submitted grievances through the tracker. Names withheld; districts included.
"
Maine teen baar PWD office ko complaint di. Teen baar gaye, teen baar bol diya 'hoga.'
Jab aapke form pe submit kiya, ek hafte mein patrakaaron ne dhyan diya. Pehli baar lagta hai kuch ho sakta
hai.
Resident — Chamba district
"
The PHC here hasn't had a doctor in four months. I submitted the report at 10pm on my
phone. By morning it was on the map. That's more visibility than four months of visiting the BDO office.
ASHA worker — Mandi district
"
We are small shopkeepers. The bypass road has been blocked for eight months, our
customers cannot reach us. Nobody cared until this platform showed our problem next to our MLA's name on the
same screen.
Trader — Bilaspur district