<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh administered the integrity pledge to the Officials of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances today.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In his address, the Minister said that the celebration of the Vigilance Awareness Week is a reiteration of the Government's resolve to continue the crusade against corruption.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that in 2014, there was an atmosphere of despair and disillusionment and the common man felt that there is no redemption to the cycle of corruption.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, the Narendra Modi Government has successfully transformed the then pervading pessimism to optimism.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Dr Singh added that in pursuance of the Prime Minister's Mantra of Zero Tolerance to Corruption, a number of decisive steps taken by Government to combat corruption.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Prevention of Corruption Act was amended after a gap of 30 years to make the processes more equitable and reduce opportunities for corruption.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Government abolished interviews to Class 'C' and 'D' posts. The Lok Pal was made functional in 2018.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On this occasion, Dr.Jitendra Singh launched the DARPG's Ideas Box on Good Governance Practices in a Pandemic and released Social Media tweets on the Best Practices in e-governance.</span><br />''