Lok Sabha Question No. 1752 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Tackling Corruption
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1752

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2015)

## TACKLING CORRUPTION

## †1752. SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the recent decisions taken by the  Government with a  view to curbing corruption, penalising officials before retirement  and strengthening the  investigative agencies constituted for checking corruption;
- (b) whether the Government has directed all its Departments to conduct monthly reviews of pending corruption cases against higher officials in all Departments;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the action taken against various officials  in all ongoing/pending  cases during the last three years and the current year?

## 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):    With a  view to ensure timely disposal of disciplinary cases and to maintain a mechanism for probity among Government servants, the Department of Personnel & Training has recently issued instruction to all the Ministries and Departments vide Office Memorandum  No.  29062/6/2015-AIS(I)(Pt.I)  dated  30.9.2015,  eliciting  information  in  a standardized format in disciplinary cases for its monitoring. The Department of Personnel & Training handles Prevention of Corruption Act / Disciplinary cases against officers of Indian Administrative  Service,  Under  Secretary  and  above  level  officers  of  Central  Secretariat Service, and Group A officers of CBI. As the Cadre Controlling Authority, the Department of Personnel & Training review disciplinary cases relating to these services on monthly basis. The  respective  Cadre  Controlling  Authority  of  Central  Services  /  Cadres  have  also  been directed  to  monitor  disciplinary  cases  against  officers  of  those  services  periodically.  A Committee chaired by the Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training also monitors on quarterly  basis  status  of  all  delayed  cases  of  sanction  for  prosecution  and  takes  necessary steps to resolve delayed cases expeditiously. Government has further issued instruction to the Ministries  /  Departments  regarding  time  bound  submission  of  proposals  to  the  Cadre Controlling Authority for initiating disciplinary proceedings against IAS Officers.

Furthermore,  Government  has  issued  instruction  recently  to  all  the  Ministries  / Departments  to  carry  out  periodical  review  under  FR  56(j)  and  Rule  48  of  CCS  (Pension Rules, 1972); and under Rule 16(3) of All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958, to weed out the deadwood and inefficient officials in the service.

(d):      Appropriate  action  can  be  taken  against  officials  only  after  the  cases  reach  finality. Hence, the information sought with regard to ongoing / pending cases is 'Nil'.

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