Vigilance Awareness Week, 2017

vigilance awareness week 2017
  • The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has decided that this year the Vigilance Awareness Week would be observed from 30th October to 4th November, 2017.
  • The theme of the week would be “My Vision-Corruption Free India” (“मेरा लक्ष्य – भ्रष्टाचार मुक्त भारत”).
  • The Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu will be the Chief Guest at the Inaugural Function to be held on 30th October 2017.
  • purpose of observing Vigilance Awareness Week is to educate the public at large about the corruption related practices and also educating them how to report about it.
  • Observance of Vigilance Awareness Week every year is part of a multi-pronged approach of the Commission wherein one of the strategies is to encourage all stakeholders to collectively participate in the prevention of and the fight against corruption and to raise public awareness regarding the existence, causes and gravity of and the threat posed by corruption.
  • The Commission as part of a multi-pronged strategy to tackle corruption has been stressing on punitive, preventive and participative vigilance measures.
  • Last year, 70,000 such Gram Sabhas were organized during the Vigilance Awareness Week.
  • A new feature is the establishment of ‘Integrity Clubs’ in schools and colleges as children are the future assets of the country and it is important to cultivate moral values in them.

Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=171955