2439 CBI Cases Against Public Servants Under PC Act
The CBI has registered 2439 cases under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act against the public servants including senior officers during the last three years i.e. 2007, 2008, 2009 and the current year (upto March, 2010). The year wise number of cases registered are as follows:
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Year | No. of cases registered |
2007 | 688 |
2008 | 744 |
2009 | 795 |
20010(Upto 31.3.2010) | 212 |
Whether a person is guilty or otherwise can only be decided by Court after trial. However, in CBI cases under PC Act, the following number of cases have ended in conviction during last three years and the current year:
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Year | No. of cases ended in conviction |
2007 | 238 |
2008 | 216 |
2009 | 230 |
20010(Upto 31.3.2010) | 48 |
Government is fully committed to implement its policy of “Zero Tolerance against Corruption” and is moving progressively to eradicate corruption from all spheres of life by improving transparency and accountability. Several steps have been taken to combat corruption and to improve the functioning of Government. These include:
(i) Issue of Whistle Blowers Resolution, 2004
(ii) Enactment of Right to Information Act, 2005
(iii) The pro-active involvement of Ministry/Department through Annual Action Plan on Vigilance as a preventive measure
(iv) Issue of comprehensive instructions on transparency in tendering and contracting process by the CVC
(v) Issue of instructions advising the State Governments to adopt Integrity Pact in major procurements
(vi) Introduction of e-Governance and simplification of procedures and systems
(vii) Issue of Citizen Charters.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Shri Prithviraj Chavan in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
Let CBI and other investigating agencies encourage anonymous complaints with specific corruption charges on officials from the government employees. Then CBI will become bigger than military in terms of manpower! By the way who is investigating the CBI to check their corruption>
ReplyDeleteLakshmanan
Unchecked corruption at almost all levels of Govt. is one of the biggest reason that we are falling terribly fast behind our superpower neighbour, China. Our developement is being hampered so severely due to it. It is high time we think about seriously. Our freedom may be compromized in light of unresolved one day, when our neighbour finds us weak economically and militarily. Almost every person and political parties are thinking about themselves. Who is thinking about Mother India's development?
ReplyDeleteTHDSINGH