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The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in 2019 obtained 35,649 cases, of which 34,813 had been disposed of. In 72 cases, the anti-corruption physique recommended initiation of criminal proceedings, in accordance with its annual report.
The CBI, which comes below the CVC supervision, registered 608 cases and 102 preliminary enquiries last 12 months, in comparison with 765 cases and 134 preliminary enquiries in 2018. The company finalised probe in 1,012 cases. Investigation/inquiry remained pending in 1,239 cases, as towards 1,541 in the earlier 12 months. In 744 cases, in comparison with 898 in 2018, probe was pending for over a 12 months.
Conviction fee
The conviction fee in CBI cases improved barely, from 68% in 2018 to 69.19%. Convictions had been secured in 467 cases, whereas there have been 186 acquittals.
The CVC report mentioned causes for the delay in concluding the CBI probe included work overload, insufficient manpower, delay in getting responses to Letters Rogatory despatched overseas, verification of paperwork, delays in getting forensic reviews, receipt of prosecution sanction and the provision of departmental information, in addition to the time taken to scrutinise voluminous information and finding witnesses.
The Commission tendered advices in 3,157 cases, which included the recommendation to provoke main penalty proceedings in 493 cases and minor penalty proceedings in 193 cases as its first stage recommendation. Imposition of main penalty was suggested in 110 cases, minor penalty was steered in 96 cases.
Pursuant to the CVC’s recommendation, the competent authorities in numerous organisations issued sanction for prosecution towards 76 public servants and imposed main penalties on 778 public servants and minor penalties on 503 public servants.
Senior officers
Among the senior officers, towards whom prosecution sanctions had been secured, are an Additional Secretary and a Joint Secretary with the Department of Economic Affairs, one other Joint Secretary with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, a former ISRO Chairman and, a former Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Fertilisers and Chemicals, Travancore.
The sanction of prosecution was additionally given towards a Chief Commissioner and a Commissioner with the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), a Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) Commissioner and two IAS officers with the Department of Personnel and Training.
A General Manager of the Bank of Maharashtra, an Additional Director and ex officio CEO of the National Board of Examinations had been faraway from service, whereas the pension of a Railway Ministry official, two General Managers of the Department of Telecom, a Chief Commissioner of CBIC, a CBDT Commissioner and a PF Commissioner had been reduce.
The salaries of a Railway Recruitment Board Chairman, two Chief Engineers and one other official of the Railway Ministry, a CBDT Commissioner, a Deputy Director-General of Prasar Bharati, three officers of the NHAI and one in all Shipping Ministry had been diminished.
Administrative motion
Among the general public servants on whom punishments, together with administrative motion, had been imposed had been these from the Railway Ministry (287), Syndicate Bank (198), Punjab National Bank (154), (*72*) Bank of India (104), Canara Bank (88), Bank of Baroda ( 67), National Thermal Power Corporation (64), Airports Authority of India (62), CBIC (58) and Indian Overseas Bank (53).
Under the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Informers’ Resolution (whistleblower complaints) system, the Commission obtained 899 complaints. Of these, 148 had been despatched to the respective Chief Vigilance Officers or the Central Bureau of Investigation for probe, verification or feedback.
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