Procurement of goods and delivery of services to people are prone to corruption, Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary said today and called for preventive vigilance to check occurrence of corrupt practices in government organisations.
At the inauguration of a workshop on 'Preventive Vigilance- Dissemination of Good Practices' here, he said corruption can be checked by identifying and plugging vulnerable areas through systemic improvements and structural remedies.
Chowdary said these measures fulfil the objective of preempting corrupt practices and further enhance organisational efficiency.
According to a statement issued by the Personnel Ministry, he said while probable vulnerable areas are unique to organisations, a few commonly occurring corrupt practices are in areas like procurement, sale of goods and services, human resource management, delivery of services to public and enforcement.
The central vigilance commissioner called for improving existing systems, reviewing processes for simplification, leveraging technology, reducing personal discretion, effective control and supervision, educating citizens and training for bringing about transparency and accountability in organisations.
The one-day workshop has five sessions during which government organisations and public sector undertakings, including financial institutions, will give presentations and share good practices adopted by them.
Some of the themes for discussion include IT-based recruitment system, use of geospatial technology for infrastructure and planning, vehicle monitoring system, leveraging technology for preventive vigilance, digitisation of land records and systemic improvements in concept of concurrent audit.
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