‘3-tier system to monitor transparency of Ram temple donations’

By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Feb 9 : Digital app with online monitoring, unique IDs and cumbersome audits comprise a three-tier system to monitor the donations being made for Ram temple construction in Ayodhya, said Abhishek Agrawal, a chartered accountant who is leading a few teams of depositors besides training members engaged in the collection drive.
As the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust is conducting a mass contact and contribution campaign for the construction of the grand temple in Ayodhya, which commenced on January 15 and shall continue till February 27, volunteers of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) engaged in fund collection are following a comprehensive three-tier arrangement to maintain and monitor transparency of the donations, Agrawal told IANS.
As a first step, three categories of coupons have been created under three different denominations — Rs 10, Rs 100 and Rs 1,000. The account is monitored on a daily basis and Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) of those donating Rs 2,000 or above are also being collected.
Those individuals donating funds under these categories have been getting duly signed receipts by the fund collector. The name, address and mobile number of people donating these amounts are also being saved.
The person collecting the funds submits complete information of the donor to his leader (referred to as depositor), who is provided with each detail of receipt book, coupon book and funds collected. It is mandatory for the depositors to get themselves registered in a web application. He is also given a unique ID. The depositor then uploads the details on his mobile application. Later on, the donors also receive a thank-you message.
In the second step, this information is saved on a digital app and the amount is then deposited in any of the three banks which have a tie-up with the temple trust. The banks are State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and Bank of Baroda.