Thursday, July 5, 2012

Hardly one out of 100 corrupt officials is Prosecuted and Punished
















205 government officials under CVC lens for alleged corruption

NEW DELHI: As many as 205 officials working in different government departments have come under the lens of the Central Vigilance Commissioner for their alleged involvement in corruption. 

Of these, a highest of 42 officials working with Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), 19 from Ministry of Railways, 14 from State Bank of India, 12 from Syndicate Bank and 10 each from Canara Bank, Union Bank of India and Bharat Coking Coal Limited have been recommended imposition of penalty by the probity watchdog. 

Eight officials from the Punjab National Bank, seven each from Bharat Sanchar Nigam LimitedIndian Overseas Bank and the State Trading Corporation of India, six from Vijaya Bank, four each from Oriental Bank of Commerce, UCO Bank, DSIDC and Oriental Insurance Company Limited, among others, have been advised penalty, the CVC said in its monthly performance report for May. 

The Chief Technical Examination (CTE) wing of the Commission also effected recovery of about Rs 18 crore after inspecting public procurement related work during the month. 

The CVC has recovered about Rs 26.42 crore between January and May this year on the basis of technical examination of 26 government-run departments. 

"The Commission is deeply concerned over continuing delay in filling up the post of Chief Vigilance officers inMMTC Ltd and Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)," it said. 

The CVC processed 3,243 complaints (including 19 whistle blower) during the month. 

"The Commission advised issuance of sanction for prosecution in respect of 10 officials of various ministries, departments, organisations which include an IFS officer working as Deputy Conservator of Forests in the Ministry of Environment and Forests and three Senior Managers of Canara Bank," the report said. 

During the month prosecution sanctions were issued by the Competent Authorities in 15 cases which include a Chief Manager of Indian Overseas Bank, a Senior Manager of Canara Bank, one Director (Chemicals) of Bureau of Indian Standards, one Director of Ministry of External Affairs and one Garrison Engineer of Ministry of Defence, it added.

CVC forms panel for scrutiny of prosecution sanctions
Press Trust of India / New Delhi July 03, 2012, 17:06
The Central Vigilance Commission has formed a nine-member committee of experts to review pending cases referred to it by the CBI for sanction of prosecution.


The experts are A K Jain, retired IAS officer and former secretary, Department of Disinvestment, Vivek Mehrotra, retired IAS officer and former secretary Ministry of Minority Affairs, V S Jain, ex chairman, SAIL and three former IPS officers Uday Shankar Dutt, Balwinder Singh and R N Ravi.


Besides them, Prakash Chandra, former IRS, the then chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), D L Rawal, for Chairman and Managing Director of Dena Bank and M Venugopalan, former CMD, Bank of India have been chosen as experts for the committee.


"Depending upon the nature of the case, a committee consisting of three members including the chairperson (i.E. Vigilance Commissioner) shall examine the CBI recommendation and the tentative views of the Ministry or Department concerned in greater detail.



"Two members of the Committee would be drawn from the panel of experts and one of the Vigilance Commissioners in the Commission would chair the meeting," the Commission said in its order.


In view of the expert committee's recommendation, the CVC would render appropriate advice to the competent authority within 15 days of the meeting, it said.


The tenure of the panel of experts would be for a period of two years from July 1, 2012. (MORE)
http://business-standard.com/generalnews/news/cvc-forms-panel-for-scrutinyprosecution-sanctions/27780/

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