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  Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is an apex Indian governmental body created in 1964 to address governmental corruption, monitoring all vigilance under the central government, and advising various authorities in central government organization in planning, executing, reviewing their vigilance work. It has the status of an autonomous body. It was set up by the Government of India in February, 1964 on the recommendations of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption, headed by Shri K. Santhanam Committee, to advise and guide Central Government agencies in the field of vigilance. Nittoor Srinivasa Rau, was selected as the first Chief Vigilance Commissioner of India. Vigilance  means to ensure clean and prompt administrative action towards achieving efficiency and effectiveness of the employees in particular and the organization in general, as lack of Vigilance leans to waste, losses and economic decline. The CVC is not controlled by any Ministry/Department.  It is a...

INTRODUCTION  When the Indian Penal Code was enacted it also defined and provided punishment for the offence of bribery and corruption amongst public servants. But later on, i.e. during the World War II it was realized that the existing law in Indian Penal Code was not adequate to meet the exigencies of the time and imperative need was felt to introduce a special legislation with a view to eradicate the evil of bribery and corruption and thereby the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 was enacted which was later on amended twice; once by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1952 and later in 1964 by the Anti-Corruption Laws (Amendment) Act, 1964 based on the recommendations of the Santhanam Committee. To make the anti-corruption laws more effective by widening their coverage and by strengthening the provisions the Prevention of Corruption Bill was introduced in the Parliament Corruption Corruption is dishonest behaviour by those in positions of power, such as managers or government offic...