5th Pillar(www.5thpillar.org) is an International non profit organization that uses the Zero Rupee Note and the RTI Act of 2005 to empower
MISSION STATEMENT: "ENCOURAGE, ENABLE & EMPOWER EVERY CITIZEN TO ELIMINATE CORRUPTION AT ALL LEVELS OF SOCIETY ", and adopted the "ZERO RUPEE NOTE"(ZRN) as our primary campaign tool for propagating our goals and ideals.
Within no time, The ZRN assumed the power of a "Non violent weapon of Non-cooperation against Bribery". It worked like magic every time it was handed out by a honest citizen who chose not to pay the bribe, to the Bribe-seeking person.
In the last 9 years, we have been able to print and distribute 2.5 million copies of the ZRN across 45 districts of India, through various campaigns are titled- 1. Freedom From Corruption 2. School of Democracy 3. Project AGNI Right now, with a volunteer base of 100 dynamic students from "vasavi college of engineering", we are spreading the movement in Hyderabad.
EVENT AGENDA:- Through this event, we wish to bring together -all those citizens who are HOPING FOR CHANGE. We would like to start a dailouge on "SOCIAL & CIVIC PROBLEMS IN HYDERABAD", and strategize on an ACTION PLAN to ADDRESS THEM.