Preventive Vigilance in Central Govt- Your inputs
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Preventive Vigilance – Processes and Systems that Central Government should implement
1. Complex rules and procedures should be identified and simplified
2. IT should be introduced at every step to enable transparency and minimize discretion
3. Every Central Government employee should be trained on the same code of ethics and integrity every quarter and made to sign a recommitment declaration
4. The culture of honesty should be promoted by recognizing officers based on feedback from various sources including Citizens, Other Government Departments and Vendors
5. All Central Government employees should be made accountable for their work through specific KRA objectives
6. Promotion and appraisals of Central Government employees should be based on delivery to objectives, speed of delivery and adherence to code of ethics and integrity
7. Officials should be sensitized towards the problems of the people through field trips taken as a common citizen
8. Investigation against Central Government Officers should be initiated only when there is some valid proof of wrong doing, not a mere allegation
9. Central Government officers should be empowered to take decisions and provided due support in case of an investigation
10. The complaints with proof made against a particular officer or the department should be seriously looked into
11. There should be a time limit to dispose all types of cases within vigilance
12. Regular review of the performance of vigilance staff at all levels is essential to weed out the culprits and restore confidence
13. Vigilance staff needs to be in sync with the latest methods of corruption and fraud through training on technology as well as by understanding it from a citizen/business perspective
14. All the funds allocated in the name of different schemes must be closely monitored for implementation
15. Past cases should be brought to notice of concerned departments & care should be taken to avoid repeating similar happenings in future by integrating them into learning
16. The real case studies should be incorporated in the quarterly training and recommitment exercises done quarterly
17. During national vigilance awareness week cases from cross departments and ministries should be discussed with other related departments and ministries. more