Central Vigilance Commission, CVC today said there is 67 per cent jump in corruption complaints received against various government departments. In its annual report tabled recently in Parliament, the Commission said the Railways topping the list with over 11,000 such complaints. <br/><br/>The probity watchdog has received a total of 49,847 complaints in 2016, as against 29,838 received by it in 2015. The report said, the Commission received a considerable number of complaints against public servants working in the state governments and other organisations who do not come under the jurisdiction of the Commission or which are of administrative nature. <br/><br/>Giving details, the CVC said highest of 11,200 such complaints were against railway employees. Of these 8,852 were disposed and 2,348 were pending. The report also mentioned a total of 2,646 such complaints were received against officials working in Income Tax department, 2,514 against those in Urban Development Ministry and 2,393 against employees working under Telecommunication Ministry. <br/><br/>The report said over 6 thousand complaints of alleged corruption were received against employees under Home Ministry, followed by 6,018 against bank officials and 2,496 against those working with Ministry of Petroleum.
News On AIR | April 13, 2017 7:14 PM
67 per cent jump in corruption complaints; Railways tops: CVC