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Internet Background Check -(Part IV)
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Do-It-Yourself Background Check - India |
So, you have decided to do it yourself
- welcome to online background check. We present here
an online guide for conducting your own background
check for business or personal use on Indian or US
subjects.
Anyone can conduct his/her own background checks.
All it takes is the knowledge of where to look for
information you're after and a basic skill for searching
web-based databases. Assuming that you have already
acquired enough searching skill - let us explore the
sources of information.
Source of Information
Your sources of information are :
- Public Records
These are set of documents maintained by the government
directly through its various arms (e.g. court records,
voter list, land records etc.)
- Publicly Available Records
These are public records, made available to public
by private organizations (e.g. Telephone directory,
Yellow Pages, Business Directories, Association
Publications, Annual Reports etc.)
- Private Records
These are records collected or compiled by special
organizations like credit rating companies, research
organizations, newspaper offices etc. Usually, these
types of records are not freely available to general
public but can be purchased for a fee (e.g. Dun
and Bradstreet Credit Report).
Background Search in India
Quality of background search depends a great deal
on level of computerization in public records. In
USA, all counties have made available large amount
of public records for Internet access. Examples of
such public records are criminal records, divorce
records, birth, death, and marriage records, civil
litigation files, tax liens etc.
Unlike USA, web-based information counters for citizens
(also called e-governance) is a recent phenomenon
in India. Only few states like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
and Delhi have taken initiatives in this regard.
We have compiled a list of information sources, that
can help you find information on Indian companies
and individuals.
Remember - the list is only an example to show you
the kind of information you can find yourself using
your PC. Take it as your starting point and keep adding
new sources to make it comprehensive.
Public Records
Publicly Available Records
Private Records - FREE
Private Records - PRICED
Friday Corporation
http://www.fridaycorp.com
Provider of business information available in public
(e.g. newspaper articles)
Upcoming notable developments
- 'Bhoomi' project of Karnataka Govt
for computerization of land records
- Drishti - IT enabled rural service
http://www.drishtee.com
USA offers far more comprehensive and powerful public
data system for background check. We shall discuss it
in next issue
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| Happy and Productive
Surfing |
Author
: Dr. Amit K. Chatterjee
(Amit worked in blue-chip Indian and MNCs for 15 years
in various capacities like Research and Information Analysis,
Market Development, MIS, R&D Information Systems etc.
before starting his e-commerce venture in 1997. The views
expressed in this columns are of his own. |
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