Patna: In a fairly new experiment to tackle corruption in welfare schemes in Bihar, the ruling National Democratic Alliance government headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to upload videos of officials seeking bribes on YouTube.

The move follows increasing complaints by villagers about officials asking for bribes to get things done.

In the first place, the government has announced to link the Indira Awas Yojana, a free housing scheme for the people below poverty line, with the YouTube uploading process.

The government will organise a massive state-wide camp on Saturday at which the authorities plan to distribute the first instalment of money to about one million poor people to help them construct decent houses.

The money distribution camps will be organised in all the 534 blocks across the state.

Under the plan, at every camp, there will be at least three video recording counters where the persons concerned will make videos of every beneficiary complaining about demands of bribes by any officials.

After recording the video, it will be uploaded on the YouTube.

"The efforts are being made to destroy the interferences of brokers and middlemen in the welfare schemes.

"If someone is seeking a bribe to release money to the beneficiaries, it's obvious that his name too will go public once the videos are uploaded on this video-sharing website.

"The fear of their names going public will obviously prevent the officials from seeking bribe from the people," Bihar's rural development minister Nitish Mishra told the media on Monday.

He said the complaint videos would be instantly uploaded on the YouTube although, at the same time, every complaint against the officials would be thoroughly investigated.

"But, on the ground of inquiry, no such videos will be held up from being uploaded," he added.

Last week, the state government brought into force the Right to Service Act under which the government has fixed a time frame for every single work to be done.

The legislation ensures the officials, down to the lowest level, will be held accountable for the services they are meant to provide within the fixed time frame.

Officials said within days of implementation of this act which came into force on August 15, they have been flooded with petitions by the people.

An official statistics say the government has received 280,000 applications relating to issuing residential certificates, caste certificates, income tax certificates and others by the villagers.