Lok Sabha Question No. 6160 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Rising Cases of Corruption and Fraud
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6160 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018)

## RISING CASES OF CORRUPTION AND FRAUD

## 6160. SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the cases of corruption and banking fraud are on the rise in the country;
- (b) if so, the number of corruption cases that came to light during the last three years;
- (c) the action taken by the Government in these cases against the people involved; and
- (d) the action taken by the Government to curb the corruption cases in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) to (c):   It will not be appropriate to state that there was a rise in the number of cases of alleged misconduct involving vigilance angle and launch of criminal prosecution for offences of corruption etc., including banking frauds. The details of cases referred by the Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations during the last three years and nature of advice tendered by the Central Vigilance Commission is as follows:

|                                   |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|-----------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| Criminal Proceedings              |     64 |     62 |     64 |
| Major Penalty Proceedings         |    550 |    460 |    490 |
| Minor Penalty Proceedings         |    243 |    183 |    181 |
| Administrative action and Closure |   1895 |   1383 |   1334 |
| Total                             |   2752 |   2088 |   2069 |

(d): Some of the important  measures  taken  by  the  Government  in  furtherance  to  its  zero tolerance policy against corruption, inter alia, include:

- i. Implementation  of  Goods  and  Services  Tax  to  ensure  ease  of  doing  business, transparent tax administration and improved tax compliance.
- ii. Demonetization of old currencies of Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 500/- denominations as one of the initiatives to, inter-alia , curb black money and control corruption.
- iii. Encouraging digital  transactions  in  the  economy  and  moving  towards  'less  cash economy' for citizen centric service delivery and transparent financial transactions.

- iv. Wherever required, systemic improvements and reforms have been undertaken to provide  transparent  citizen-friendly  services  and  reduce  corruption.  These, inter alia, include:
- a) Establishment of Jan-dhan, Adhaar and Mobile (JAM) platform for promoting digital  governance  and  transparent  citizen  centric  delivery  of  Government services.
- b) Disbursement  of  welfare  benefits  directly  to the citizens  under  various schemes of the Government in a transparent manner through the Direct Benefit Transfer initiative.
- c) Implementation of E-tendering in public procurements.
- d) Introduction of e-Governance and simplification of procedure and systems.
- e) Introduction of Government procurement through the Government eMarketplace (GeM).
- v. Discontinuation  of  interviews  in  recruitment  of  Group  'B'(Non-Gazetted)  and Group 'C' posts in Government of India.
- vi. Invocation  of  FR-56(j)  and  AIS(DCRB)  rule  for  prematurely  retiring  officials whose performance has been reviewed and found unsatisfactory.
- vii. The All India Services (Disciplinary and Appeal) Rules and Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules have been amended to provide for strict timelines in the procedure related to disciplinary proceedings.
- viii. Issue of instructions by the CVC asking the organizations to adopt Integrity Pact in major procurement activities.
- ix. With a view to provide an effective regime for prohibition of benami transactions, the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 came into force with effect from 1 st  November, 2016.

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