<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh said that action was taken against 2724 corrupt officials including 248 cases of prosecution sanction in 2021. He said this in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.<br />''<br />''Dr. Singh said, as per information provided by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), the final decision was taken by the respective competent authority on the advice of the CVC in 2724 cases, and out of these, 55 cases of deviation from the Commission's advice were noted.<br />''<br />''He said, the Ministry or Department where the respective competent authority took the final decision in the aforementioned 55 cases are various Ministries including Railways, Civil Aviation, Road Transport & Highways, Textile, and Coal.</span><br />