Maximum corruption complaints against railways, banks: CVC
What's the story
A large number of complaints of corruption were received against the railways and government-owned banks, according to the latest report of anti-corruption body CVC.
However, there has been an over 52% decline in the number of corruption complaints received by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) last year as against 2016.
The watchdog said it received a total of 23,609 complaints last year.
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CVC speaks on the nature of maximum complaints
"The allegations of maximum complaints were found to be either vague or unverifiable. CVC received a considerable number of complaints against public servants working in state governments and other organizations who don't come under the jurisdiction of the Commission or which are of administrative nature."
Complaints
In 2015, CVC received 29,838 complaints
The number of complaints received by the CVC in 2015 was 29,838.
It had got 62,362, 31,432 and 37,039 complaints of alleged corruption during 2014, 2013 and 2012 respectively, the report said.
Around 16,929 corruption complaints were received by the CVC in 2011.
Besides the complaints directly made to the CVC, there were over 57,000 complaints sent to Chief Vigilance Officers of various departments.
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Highest of 12,089 such complaints were against railway employees
Giving details, the CVC said the highest of 12,089 such complaints were against railway employees. Of these, 9,575 were disposed of and 2,514 were pending. Further, a total of 1,037 complaints against railway employees were pending for more than six months.
Govt employees
Over 8,000 complaints were against bank officials
A total of 8,243 corruption complaints were received against various local bodies such as Delhi Jal Board (DJB), North, East and South Delhi civic bodies and New Delhi Municipal Council, the CVC report said.
As many as 8,018 complaints were against officials of various banks.
There has also been an increase in the number of corruption complaints received against employees of the Delhi government.