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Comment by JumpCrisscross

> I am a bit shocked that it works though

It's a shaming mechanism.

If an official is committed to collecting a bribe, it will be useless. But some corrupt officials might be responsive to a verbal dressing down. Handing over a zero-rupee note is less intimidating than delivering a lecture.

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