The Vigilance Awareness Week is being celebrated from 26th October to 31st October, 2015. The theme for the Vigilance Awareness this year is “Preventive Vigilance as a tool of Good Governance”. The Vigilance Awareness Week is being celebrated every year and coincides with the birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, known to be a man of high integrity. The Commission has been laying stress on Preventive Vigilance and driving home the point that vigilance should not be seen in isolation but as a tool to achieve good governance and better operational results.

The Central Vigilance Commissioner, KV Chowdary said that more emphasis should be given to ‘preventive vigilance’ than the ‘punitive vigilance’. Explaining the scope of corruption, he said that corruption is not only about giving money, but it includes all actions where processes are being compromised.

Central Vigilance Commission

• CVC is an apex Indian governmental body created in 1964 to address governmental corruption.
• It was set up by the Government of India in February, 1964 on the recommendations of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption, headed by K. Santhanam Committee.
• The Commission shall consist of a Central Vigilance Commissioner – Chairperson and not more than two Vigilance Commissioners – Members.
• The Central Vigilance Commission has its own Secretariat, Chief Technical Examiners’ Wing (CTE) and a wing of Commissioners for Departmental Inquiries (CDI).