NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, SEPT 9
The Central Vigilance Commission has decided to observe the vigilance awareness week from October 27 to November 2 this year with the theme “Vigilant India, Prosperous India”, an official order said.
In addition, the Commission has asked all government organisations to focus on internal (housekeeping) activities which are to be taken up in campaign mode as part of the vigilance awareness week, it said.
The probity watchdog has issued guidelines for government departments to carry out such internal activities, including inspection of relevant records, disposal of complaints pending for over six months, and finalisation of minor and major penalty among others.
The observance of vigilance awareness week would commence with the ‘Integrity Pledge’ by public servants in the ministries/departments/central public sector enterprises (CPSEs)/public sector banks (PSBs) and all other organisations on October 27, 2020, at 11 am, the Commission said.
“All organisations are advised to strictly adhere to extant COVID-19 prevention guidelines at all locations and events issued from time to time by the competent authority,” it said in the order issued on Tuesday.
The Central Vigilance Commission is an apex anti-corruption body mandated to fight corruption for ensuring integrity in administration.
Besides, overseeing integrity in public administration in the central government and the organisations under it, the Commission endeavours in its outreach measures to create awareness amongst civil society and the public at large towards the policy of achieving transparency, accountability, and corruption-free governance, the order said.
“The Commission has decided that this year the vigilance awareness week would be observed from 27th October to 2nd November 2020 with the theme ‘Satark Bharat, Samriddh Bharat (Vigilant India, Prosperous India)’,” it said.
In addition, all the organisations should strictly adhere to the economy measures issued by the Ministry of Finance vide an order dated September 4, 2020, the Commission said.
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has asked government organisations to display on their website details of “systemic improvements and good practices adopted for wider dissemination and awareness” by them.
It asked them to use organisational website for dissemination of employees, customer-oriented information, and to make available avenues for redressal of grievances, said the order issued to secretaries of central government departments and chief secretaries of all states/union territories among others.
“The Commission expects all organisations to conduct various activities with zeal and enthusiasm to achieve the objective to eliminate corruption in public life. Although all activities need to be conducted during the vigilance awareness week, however, in case of exigencies/holidays, the same can be conducted before or after the vigilance awareness week,” it said.
The FDCA had busted the racket by sending a dummy buyer to Sarthak Pharma in Surat on June 19, where the owner Uma Kejriwal, sold him three injections for Rs 57,000 each, as against the MRP of Rs 40,545.
The police had earlier arrested Mitul Shah from Surat, who had procured the injections from Vyas for Kejriwal.
According to the police, Vyas had supplied three injections to Shah for Rs 1.5 lakh, which Kejriwal later sold for Rs 57,000 apiece.
The four accused have been booked under relevant sections of the IPC for criminal breach of trust, criminal conspiracy, apart from provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Essential Commodities Act.
