PM Narendra Modi addresses national conference on vigilance and anti-corruption, talks about holistic approach to eliminate corruption

Oct 27, 2020, 19:30 IST

Prime Minister Modi during his address at the conference noted that be it corruption, drugs, economic offenses, terrorism, or terror funding, they all are interconnected and need to be solved through the collaborative approach.

National Conference on Vigilance and anti- corruption
National Conference on Vigilance and anti- corruption

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 27, 2020, virtually inaugurated the three-day national conference on vigilance and anti-corruption and talked about the holistic approach to end corruption in the country. 

The theme of the conference is ‘Vigilant India, Prosperous India’. The National Conference will be hosted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which also coincides with the ‘Vigilance Awareness Week’, being observed from October 27 to November 2 every year.

PM Modi's address during the conference:

• In his address, PM Modi highlighted the need to work together with a holistic approach against corruption through effective audits, systematic checks, and training. He noted that be it corruption,  drugs, economic offenses, terrorism, or terror funding, they all are interconnected and need to be solved through the collaborative approach. 

• PM Modi during the National Conference on Vigilance and anti-corruption noted that India has left behind an era of scams. While talking about the poor getting 100% benefits of government schemes, he highlighted that through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) the amount now goes directly to their bank accounts without ending up going into the wrong hands. Due to DBT, beyond 1 lakh 70 thousand have been save because of DBT. 

• While talking about the dynasty of corruption, PM acknowledged that in the past decades it had been acknowledged that when a generation of corruption is not punished, other generations had also committed corruption with more power and due to this it has become a political tradition which makes country hollow. 

• He added that with the efforts of the government, today citizen's trust in the government has increased. many old laws have also been abolished to reduce the undue pressure of government and efforts are also being made to make citizen's life easier. 

Significance of National Conference on vigilance and anti-corruption:

The activities in the National Conference will be focused on vigilance issues and will aim at raising awareness about them. It will also facilitate reaffirming India’s commitment to the promotion of probity and integrity in public life with the help of citizen’s participation.

About Vigilance Awareness Week:

The Vigilance Awareness Week is being observed by the Central Vigilance Commission every year from October 27 to November 2. This is observed every year during the week in which Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birthday falls (October 31).

In 2020, this week will be observed with the theme ‘Vigilant India, Prosperous India’. It has been finalized after putting the suggestive themes on the website and then obtaining the opinion of officers on the proposed theme of this year.

The week is observed as the commission believes that corruption is a major hindrance to the progress of India and all the sections of the society need to be vigilant. The Central Vigilance Commission plans that all the organisations must focus on internal activities which include internal processes, improvements leveraging technologies, and time-bound disposal of work.

The emphasis is to make all the processes transparent, including house allotments, payment to outsourced workers digitization, and updation of assets.

Shailaja Tripathi is an educational content writer with 2 years of experience. She is a Masters in Political Science from Delhi University and also holds a Bachelors in Education. At jagranjosh.com, she creates content for school students and college audiences. You can reach her at shailaja.tripathi@jagrannewmedia.com
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