Central Vigilance Commission has decided to go in for development of the Integrity Index for broader strategy and emphasis on preventive vigilance
- The index will be based on benchmarking of internal processes and controls within an organisation as well as management of relationships and expectations of outside stakeholders.
- CVC has adopted a research-based approach for creating an integrity index that various organizations can use to measure themselves
- The index will evolve with changing needs and with this view IIM-Ahmedabad has been engaged to develop the Integrity Index.
The main objectives of the index are
- Define what constitutes Integrity of Public Organizations
- Identify the different factors of Integrity and their inter-linkages
- Create an objective and reliable tool that can measure the performance of organizations along these above factors
- Validate the findings over a period of time to improve upon the robustness of the tool that measures Integrity
- Create an internal and external ecosystem that promotes working with Integrity where public organizations lead the way.
List of 25 Selected Organizations for Development of Integrity Index
- IOCL: Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
- NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation
- PGCIL: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
- Eastern Coalfields:
- Western Coalfields
- SAIL: Steel Authority of India Ltd
- PNB: Punjab National Bank
- Syndicate Bank
- NHAI: National Highways Authority of India
- Mumbai Port Trust
- RVNL: Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
- M/o Railways
- NMDC: Navaratna Public Sector Enterprise
- NALCO: National Aluminium Company Limited
- BEL: Bharat Electronics Limited
- BHEL: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
- CCI: Competition Commission of India
- FCI: Food Corporation of India
- EPFO: Employees' Provident Fund Organisation
- MCI: Medical Council of India
- MTNL: Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
- DDA: Delhi Development Authority South MCDCBDT
Central Vigilance Commission
- Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is an apex Indian governmental body.
- It was created in 1964 to address governmental corruption.
- It was created on the recommendations of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption which was headed by Shri K. Santhanam
- It is an autonomous body, free of control from any executive authority
- The Central Vigilance Commissioner and the Vigilance Commissioners shall be appointed by the President on recommendation of a Committee consisting of the Prime Minister (Chairperson), the Minister of Home Affairs (Member) and the Leader of the Opposition in the House of the People (Member).
