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The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has asked public sector banks, insurance companies and government departments to provide factual reports on corruption complaints sent to them by the probity watchdog within a month. The move is aimed at ensuring timely action on graft complaints and checking inordinate delays, officials said on Monday. "Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs) are required to submit the factual report to the commission, on the basis of scrutiny of relevant records/documents only, within a period of 30 days of the receipt of the complaint/communication from the commission," the CVC said in the latest order. The CVOs act as a distant arm of the commission to check corruption. "While forwarding the factual report, the CVOs should also give their recommendations/views in clear terms," it said in the order issued to all CVOs of central government departments, public sector banks, insurance companies and central public sector undertakings, among others. The CVC has modifie
The Central Vigilance Commission has asked public sector banks, undertakings and central government departments to regularly identify sensitive posts and ensure the rotation of officers manning them within the prescribed time limit. The move came after the CVC noticed that many of the organisations are not following its guidelines about the identification of sensitive posts in letter and spirit. In an order, the commission said the Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs) -- who act as distant arm of the panel to check corruption -- in consultation with the chief executive/management of the respective organisations, should immediately undertake an exercise to identify sensitive posts in their organisations. "In future, an exercise to review and identify sensitive posts may be conducted after an interval of every three years," said the order dated October 25. Further, it may also be ensured that the officials holding sensitive posts are transferred/posted out from such posts as per the time
The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre on a plea that raised the issue of vacancies in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). A bench of Justices S K Kaul and A S Oka issued notice to the Centre seeking a response within three weeks on the plea filed by NGO 'Common Cause'. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGO, said CVC has been held to be the most important integrity institution in the country. "What is the position? How many people are manning this?" the bench asked. Bhushan said two posts are laying vacant -- one for 25 months and the other for 15 months. The plea has said that the authority has failed to fill in the vacancies in the CVC in time.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has sought a report from the chief secretary over a delay of more than 2.5 years in acting on a CVC report on an inquiry into construction of additional classrooms in government schools, sources said. The report, which found gross irregularities and procedural lapses in execution of the projects, was sent by the CVC to the vigilance secretary in February 2020, seeking comments for further investigation and action. No immediate reaction was available from the Delhi government on the issue. "The L-G has taken a serious view of this inordinate delay that appears to be an obvious attempt at covering up gross malpractice pointing towards corruption, apart from violating relevant clauses of the CVC manual. The LG Secretariat had received a complaint enclosing a copy of the CVC communication to the Directorate of Vigilance," sources at the L-G office said. The CVC had received a complaint in 2019 regarding irregularities and cost overrun in construction