Haryana Govt renamed Vigilance Bureau as Anti Corruption Bureau

New Delhi, January 31

The Haryana Government has now been renamed state vigilance bureau as Anti Corruption Bureau. 

The announcement was made by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. The decision to change the name was taken in a meeting chaired by Khattar and attended by senior officers of the State Vigilance Bureau.

During the meeting, the Chief Minister directed the officers to further tighten the noose around corrupt officials within the government system and take stern action in a time-bound manner.

In 2022, Haryana’s State Vigilance Bureau had registered 246 corruption cases, the highest annual figure in the past 10 years.

The Vigilance Bureau conducted 170 raids in 2022 and recovered Rs 6,21,70,230 on the spot and after searching the properties of the accused people who were raided. A total of 193 government servants, including 27 gazetted officers as well as 27 private individuals, were arrested in these cases.
Of the 246 cases, 170 were ‘trap cases’, in which people were caught red-handed. And the rest were registered on the basis of inquiries or special checking. On average, 18 public servants were arrested on corruption charges every month in the year 2022.”

The Haryana government had also sanctioned 809 additional posts to strengthen the bureau and changed the system of appointment of independent witnesses to check the leakage of information and also created six divisional vigilance bureaus. The government also allocated Rs 100 crore to strengthen vigilance-related initiatives in 2023-2024.