Government stands firm in its commitment to do everything possible to ensure probity, transparency and accountability in governance.

Addressing the 19th CBI and anti-corruption Bureax conference in New Delhi this morning the Prime Minister said that the investigation agencies need to continuously upgrade their skills and techniques to match the newer methods of corruption.

Dr Manmohan Singh said ,the nature of the challenges that a country’s anti-corruption agencies face varies with the level of its economic development.

Saying that faster Economic growth led to newer opportunities for corruption, ones associated with specialization and expansion of an economy, he said that economic reforms initiated in the early 1990s greatly reduced corrupt practices, associated with controls and the license-permit raj.Dr.Singh said the government is considering review of Prevention of Corruption Act to give it more teeth.

The prime minister said that direct Cash Tranfers for beneficieries and subsidies as a new method to minimize corruption, leakages and wastage.