Lok Sabha Question No. 490 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Anti-Corruption Act
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 490

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021)

## ANTI-CORRUPTION ACT

## 490. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken steps to amend prevention of corruption Act - 1988 to include strict provision so that corruption can totally controlled from lower level to high level stage in the country;
- (b) the  State-wise  number  of  officers  involved  in  corruption  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the current year;
- (c) the State-wise details of municipal corporations officers involved in corruption during the said period; and
- (d) the action taken/proposed to be taken against them?

## 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):   The provisions of section 2(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act already cover all levels of  public  servants.  The  provisions  of  the  Act  have  been  made  more  stringent  by  carrying  out amendment through the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018.
- (b) to (d):   State-wise details of sanction for prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 during the last three years and the current year, upto 31 st October, 2021 as obtained by the Central Bureau of Investigation from various State Governments are annexed.

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## ANNEXURE TO THE REPLY IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 490 TO BE PUT DOWN FOR ANSWER ON 01-12-2021

Sanctions for prosecution (SoP) received under PC Act from various State Governments during the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 [31.10.2021]

| Name of the State Government   | 2018   | 2018   | 2019   | 2019   | 2020   | 2020   | 2021 [31.10.2021]   | 2021 [31.10.2021]   |
|--------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Name of the State Government   | Cases  | SoP    | Cases  | SoP    | Cases  | SoP    | Cases               | SoP                 |
| Andhra Pradesh                 | 2      | 11     | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0                   | 0                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh              | 2      | 10     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0                   | 0                   |
| Bihar                          | 3      | 3      | 11     | 17     | 7      | 13     | 3                   | 4                   |
| Chandigarh                     | 1      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0                   | 0                   |
| Goa                            | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0                   | 0                   |
| Haryana                        | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 4      | 0                   | 0                   |
| Himachal Pradesh               | 1      | 1      | 1      | 7      | 1      | 1      | 1                   | 1                   |
| Jammu and Kashmir              | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2                   | 3                   |
| Jharkhand                      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 6      | 0      | 0      | 1                   | 2                   |
| Karnataka                      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 5      | 1                   | 2                   |
| Madhya Pradesh                 | 1      | 2      | 1      | 3      | 1      | 2      | 2                   | 5                   |
| Meghalaya                      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 3      | 0                   | 0                   |
| Mizoram                        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 2      | 0                   | 0                   |
| NCT of Delhi                   | 10     | 13     | 13     | 15     | 8      | 12     | 5                   | 8                   |
| Punjab                         | 1      | 6      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 2      | 1                   | 1                   |
| Rajasthan                      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1                   | 1                   |
| Tamil Nadu                     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 5      | 8      | 1                   | 1                   |
| Telangana                      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 5      | 0                   | 0                   |
| Tripura                        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0                   | 0                   |
| Uttar Pradesh                  | 4      | 7      | 20     | 50     | 8      | 37     | 11                  | 29                  |
| Uttarakhand                    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1                   | 1                   |
| West Bengal                    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1                   | 5                   |
| Total                          | 28     | 58     | 51     | 101    | 39     | 95     | 31                  | 63                  |