Has the PMO India started a hotline 9851145045 for citizens to report corruption in Government services? Fact Check
Claim : PMO India has started a hotline (9851145045) for citizens to report bribery, delays, bad behaviour in Government services.
Conclusion : The claim is false. The hotline (9851145045) is an initiative by the Government of Nepal and not from the PMO of India.
Rating : Totally False 
Several social media users have claimed that PMO India has started a hotline (9851145045) for the citizens to tackle corruption. Verified X user ‘RavinderKapur2’ shared such a claim with the caption : “Now India can report Corruption directly from where the roots begin.”
The image in the post features Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s image alongside a red phone icon emblazoned with “HOTLINE.” It proclaims: “Now you can report corruption directly to the PMO!”
This post gained around 3,200 likes and over 129,000 views which can be seen below –
Now India can report Corruption directly from where the roots begin. pic.twitter.com/qAcoC2J2Pi
— Ravinder Kapur. (@RavinderKapur2) October 10, 2025
Other users have also shared similar claims which can be seen here and here
FACT CHECK
DigitEYE India decided to investigate this claim and found that it is false. The hotline 9851145045 is Nepal’s, not Indian PMO initiative. There has been no official confirmation by the PMO India office or claims about this hotline number.
We first conducted a web search with the phrase “PMO India hotline 9851145045” to learn more about the issue. There were no credible reports from any media outlet confirming that this hotline belonged to PMO India. Searches on the official PM India website yielded no references to a corruption-reporting hotline with the number 9851145045.
After conducting another websearch with solely the hotline number, we learned that this hotline originates from Nepal, not India. According to a report by Republica, the number 9851145045 belongs to Nepal’s Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM), launched by Nepali PM Sushila Karki to report misconduct, bribery or delays in government institutions. View a section of the report below –
Another report published by Nepali Telecom also asserts that the hotline number 9851145045 belongs to Nepal. It observes how “The current government, led by Mrs. Sushila Karki, has launched the hotline number 9851145045 on Saturday, September 20, 2025, as part of her measures to reach out to the public and ensure good governance.” View a section of the report below –
Upon searching the official website of Nepal’s Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM), we found the same number under the “Hello Government” section. View a screenshot of the page below –
Thus, the claim is false.
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