The Central Vigilance Commission disposed of 784 cases during February 2010 referred to it for advice. The Commission advised imposition of major penalty against 170 officers including 47 from M/o Railways, 20 from MCD, 16 from Bharat Petroleum Corpn. Ltd., 10 from Bharat Coking Coal Ltd., 7 from Canara Bank, 6 each from Vijaya Bank, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. and Northern Coalfields Ltd., 4 from Punjab National Bank, 5 from Central Board of Excise & Customs, 3 each from Andhra Bank, Bank of India, Industrial Development Bank of India, State Bank of India, UCO Bank, Ministry of Textiles, Central Board of Direct Taxes, 2 each from Allahabad Bank, State Nank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Saurashtra, Ministry of Tourism and Visakhapatnam Port Turst. Remaining 12 cases pertained to different departments of the Government of India and PSUs.
The Commission received 995 ordinary complaints during the month. Of these, 784 complaints were sent for necessary action/ATR whereas 106 complaints were sent for investigation and report. No action was required on 261 complaints.
On the Commission’s recommendations, the competent authorities issued sanctions for prosecution against 21 officers.
Recoveries to the tune of Rs.19.44 crore were affected after Commission conducted technical examination of some departments.
